France will host the men’s Rugby World Cup in 2023, 200 years after the sport’s inauguration. With 48 matches set to take place across ten cities – Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Saint-Denis, Saint-Etienne and Toulouse – this will be a 45-day celebration of sport like no other, using the slogan “We Are Rugby”. Players will total 600, from five continents and divided into 20 teams.
Hosts France will take on the All Blacks in the opening match of the tournament at the 80,698-capacity Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Friday 8 September. After the quarter-finals, semi-finals and bronze match, the 2023 Rugby World Cup final will be played on Saturday 28 October, also at the Stade de France.
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