It is done.
The Blues know their opponents for the group matches of the World Cup 2 023. The France team will cross swords with the All Blacks, Italy and a selection from South America and Africa.
The draw took place this Monday, December 14 at the Palais Brogniart (Paris), under the eyes of President Emmanuel Macron.
"We will all be behind you thoroughly", launched the Head of State to the players of the France team.
"France is a country of love for rugby" and will "offer all the art of French living", underlined the President of the Republic.
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"The Covid-19 crisis is terrible" and in 2023 "we will offer the world everything we want to reopen in the coming weeks" informed Emmanuel Macron.
“That is to say this French art of living, this art of being between us, of sharing conviviality, gastronomy, moments of celebration, moments of joy, moments of culture too”.
"More young people entering the sport"
Organizing the World Cup, which will take place from September 8 to October 21, 2023, is also, one year before the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, "a way of mobilizing France to have more young people entering sport", Emmanuel Macron said.
Finally, it is a factor of "enormous" benefits in terms of employment, especially for the youngest, assured the Head of State who wants the tournament to be organized "in exemplary climatic and environmental conditions".