Not that France's infamous Dieux du Stade annual Rugby calendar has exactly been inconspicuous these past couple of years... but since 2007, there's kind of been a consensus opinion that efforts might be afoot to tone down the... let's say riské appeal 
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Enter celebrity photographer Tony Duran to set the tone back on track...
Artistic, aesthetic, masculine, creative... Everything I loved about the calendars from 2007 on back appears to have returned to form in this latest 2010 Dieux du Stade calendrier of French rugby beauty 
.... Although quite honestly, for a calendar meant to hang up on your wall, some of these new shots might be too hot to handle (even for this blog). But I'll be the last to complain really 
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.... Although quite honestly, for a calendar meant to hang up on your wall, some of these new shots might be too hot to handle (even for this blog). But I'll be the last to complain really 
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Especially considering these absolutely gorgeous results Tony's delivered for the 2010 edition of Dieux du Stade. Not just the calendar, but 'Making of DVD ... (which I believe deserves a mention of its own later on )...
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The operative term for this year is in fact riské... the people demanded more , and Tony's gone ahead turned a group of gorgeous atheletes into pretty much the hottest models humanely conceivable . And I for one am pretty much loving every shot...
, and Tony's gone ahead turned a group of gorgeous atheletes into pretty much the hottest models humanely conceivable 
. And I for one am pretty much loving every shot...
You can purchase your copy of the 10th Anniversary edition Dieux du Stade 2010 Calendar from Amazon's French website. And yes, from the looks of things, 2010 is already turning out a rather beautiful start .
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