From our special correspondent in Rueil-Malmaison – The XV of France, welcomed on Saturday afternoon by some 5,000 people in Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine), its base camp during the Mondial-2023, assured to live the enthusiasm around the team as “positive pressure”, a few days before the opening match against the All Blacks.
Published on: 04/09/2023 – 13:53
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For the first time in its history, France is preparing to host all the matches of a Rugby World Cup, after a 2007 edition that it shared with Wales and Scotland. A few days before the start of the competition and France – New Zealand, on September 8, the fans are there.
The enthusiasm for the World Cup is particularly palpable in Rueil-Malmaison, west of Paris, where the base camp of the French team is located. Something to motivate the team.
“It would be a shame when entering the competition to be held back by the pressure. On the contrary, we must turn it into an opportunity and take the energy that the fans give us”, notes Raphaël Ibañez the manager of the XV of France.
