On June 6, 'Els segadors' will sound in the heart of Paris. To understand how we got here, we need to pull a thread that takes us back to the years of the Civil War in l'Espluga de Francolí. Josep Guasch, a militant of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya who had held a position in the mayor's office, fled to France, where he ended up in the Argelers prisoner camp, enduring hardships on the sand of this beach where so many Republicans were interned. A few years later, his wife and children reunited with him there and put down roots in Perpignan. Josep dedicated himself to being a farmer, as he had done in Conca de Barberà. And one of his sons, also named Josep, would stand out as a rugby player for both USAP of Perpignan and for XIII Catalan, a team that played a thirteen-a-side rugby game, a version of this sport in which it is not played with fifteen players. They say that when XIII Catalan negotiated his signing, Josep told them he had a job in a butcher shop and was not sure if he could train. The club, therefore, bought the butcher shop and gave it to him. As the owner, he could then train and play as he pleased.