Tag: Rugby World Cup 2023
“When we put in a toaster, the pellets blew”… The chaotic first days of the All Blacks in France
Ah the famous French welcome! Well, fortunately, Ian Foster does not hold grudges and will return to France with pleasure, perhaps even next summer to support his daughter who can…
“Supporters shout ‘Attention Kolbe’”… Thomas Ramos pursued by the ghosts of elimination
The players of the French XV must have nightmares almost every night. “Ah, this ball kicked by Etzebeth”, “Oula, this transformation blocked by Kolbe”, “nooooo not a high ball”… Almost…
The failure of the Blues in the quarterfinals is “a scar that we will have for life”, according to Fabien Galthié
Twenty-four days seemed a long time to some, but not to Fabien Galthié. The coach of the XV of France, who had not been heard from since his shock in…
Great success for fan zones with 1.6 million people welcomed
The Rugby World Cup fan zones brought together 1.6 million people in France throughout the competition, the managing director of the organizing committee, Julien Colette, said at a press conference…
Antoine Dupont returns to training, three weeks after France – South Africa
Little by little, Stade Toulousain is recovering its Blues who – a small reminder for those who have been living in a cave in recent weeks – ended their World…
Fabien Galthié is “the man for the job” at the head of the Blues, believes Romain Ntamack
Still recovering after his operation to rupture the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee during preparation for the World Cup, Romain Ntamack was the guest of the RTL radio…
The indestructible Rassie Erasmus becomes Springbok coach again
Who better than a former world champion to succeed another world champion? Rassie Erasmus, crowned with South Africa in 2019, will return to the helm of the Springboks, four years…
“The press operated on Dupont while I was waiting for him in the hospital,” said his surgeon
And if the hardest thing to manage for Professor Frédéric Lauwers, who operated on the captain of the XV of France Antoine Dupont, was not so much the surgical procedure…
The departure of Eddie Jones, ten months after his arrival, made official by the Australian Federation
Less than ten months after his return to the helm of the Wallabies, Eddie Jones threw in the towel, drawing lessons from the historic elimination of the Australian XV before…
Security, arbitration, hearings… So, what do we remember from this World Cup in France?
The last image, the one that we will remember from this 2023 Rugby World Cup, is not the one wanted by the French people: the Springboks celebrating the reconquest of…