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With their bright red tint and
"astonishing lettering"
as Nantes Métropole describes it, it is difficult to miss the inscription, placed on a base, which was put in place this Wednesday between the north forecourt of Nantes station and Garden plants.
This is a promotional device for the 2023 Rugby World Cup which will take place in six months in France (September 8-October 28).
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In this context, four matches will be played at the Beaujoire stadium.
“There will also be a preparation match for the France team in August
,” recalls Ali Rebouh, the sports assistant at the City of Nantes.
This will take place on Saturday August 19 against the Fiji team known for their speed and their game with the ball in hand.
Dates and times of matches at La Beaujoire:
• Ireland-Tonga, September 16 at 9 p.m.; • Argentina-Chile, September 30 at 3 p.m.; • Wales-Georgia, October 7 at 3 p.m.;
• Japan-Argentina, October 8 at 1 p.m.
Visibility
As requested and financed by the organizing committee of the sports competition, giant letters taking up the name of each host city (Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille, Lille and Saint-Denis for the Stade de France) have been installed.
"We didn't support anything financially
," says Ali Rebouh.
Our agents were simply asked to set it up.”
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The local authority, on the other hand, was the decision-maker of the chosen site.
“We chose a place with a lot of passages.
The idea is to give visibility to this beautiful event.
It is a place where there is the passage of travelers but also of tourists”
, underlines the elected official.
People are therefore invited to come and take their picture and relay their images on social networks.
But it is better not to hang around too much to get a nice shot.
From Wednesday afternoon, stickers denouncing the pension reform were stuck on the installation.
Rugby Town
"This will allow people to immerse themselves in this competition which happens quickly and restore a little joie de vivre in a not simple news"
, he adds.
Expressing the
"pride"
of the City to host such a competition again, after
"the beautiful party"
of 2007, the year in which Nantes had hosted matches of a previous Rugby World Cup played in France, Ali Rebouh explains that the community
"is working on the preparation of several activities in town"
in connection with the event.
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They should take place for the most part within the “rugby village” which will be installed on the island of Nantes at the level of the park of the building sites.
“Positive pressure is starting to mount
,” recognizes the chosen one.
“This event will be a great showcase for the city of Nantes
,” he promises.
