On June 6th, '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 member of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya who had held a position in the mayor's office, fled to France, where he ended up in the Argelès prisoner-of-war camp, suffering hardships on the sand of this beach where so many Republicans were interned. A few years later, his wife and children joined him, and they put down roots in Perpignan. Josep worked as 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 with both USAP de Perpignan and the XIII Catalan, a team that played a thirteen-a-side rugby variant, a version of this sport in which fifteen players are not involved. They say that when the XIII Catalan negotiated his signing, Josep told them he had a job in a butcher's shop and wasn't sure if he could train. The club, therefore, bought the butcher's shop and gave it to him. As the owner, he could then train and play as he pleased.