The All Blacks at the Stade de France… The event is not that frequent.
The last time was four years ago, November 11, 2017. The New Zealanders had exchanged their famous black jersey for a white tunic and had dominated the Blues of Guy Novès (38-18).
This Saturday night, rebelote.
The Blacks will be in white, history, officially, to make the match more readable to spectators, and in the process to allow their equipment supplier to carry out a great marketing operation.
For this great occasion, the enclosure of Saint-Denis rolled out the red carpet.
The French Federation also encourages the public to arrive well before the kick-off scheduled at 9 p.m.
A unique sound and light show will be offered to 80,000 spectators a few minutes before the players enter the lawn.
🇫🇷⚔️🇳🇿 𝐔𝐧𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞́𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢 𝐬'𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞!
😍 @ BlackFerns, Castres 3 p.m. @ AllBlacks, @StadeFrance, 9 p.m.
𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗖 𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗨𝗦!
🔵⚪️🔴 # FRANZL #XVdeFrance #NeFaisonsXV
🎨 @ImDriMZz pic.twitter.com/56BIzlirHe
- France Rugby (@FranceRugby) November 20, 2021
New lighting devices now allow this. Projectors hanging from the poles will sweep the stadium with colorful lights. A foretaste of what awaits the public in a little less than two years, September 8, 2023, during the opening match of the World Cup, here in Saint-Denis, against the All Blacks? Without a doubt.
Moreover, to mark the symbol a little more, the Web Ellis trophy, awarded every four years to the winner of the World Cup, will be presented by the actress Léa Seydoux and the double New Zealand world champion Jérôme Kaino, who ended his playing career in Toulouse and now trains there.
In the stands, 7,000 supporters will be able to live, in the Bodega stand, an even more festive experience with entertainment, ambianceurs, a band ... At nightfall on the Stade de France, there will therefore be light, and a lot of noise too.
