Nude Rugby Calendar Competish Gets Fiercer

Forget those glossy Dieux du Stade chumps, we'll ring in the new year with the rugby players of French team ESC Lille. First, they don't all look fresh from the Leni Riefenstahl school of modeling. Second, they show more peen.

While we first rolled our eyes at yet another nude rugby calendar (via our pals at Charmants), we slapped ourselves on the wrist for whining. Can there be too many naked Euro athletes? This calendar is a cute antidote to the overly produced Dieux dudes annual. They're trying to mimic the original's black and white look and classical god-like poses, but their bodies are more down-to-earth, their locales cobbled together (several look like a parking garage), and their pubes untouched by a manicurist's shears.

Did we mention they show more shaft? In a couple years, we'll get the full monty, and maybe even some spread cheeks. Gods of Rugby, we beseech thee...

· One more 2010 rugby calendar (charmants.com)