100 days before the launch of the Rugby World Cup in France, the Arc de Triomphe was illuminated on Wednesday evening. A show, in the colors of France 2023, lasted a few minutes at nightfall.
The competition, which will last 51 days, will bring together 660 players from five continents and divided into twenty teams, who will play a total of 48 matches in nine stadiums in France. "We are there, 100 days before a World Cup which, I hope, will be memorable, exceptional, the most beautiful" said the president of the organizing committee, Jacques Rivoal.