New Zealand, land of rugby, hosts, starting today, the seventh Rugby World Cup, which kicks off at 10:30 AM with the match between the All Blacks and Tonga. The final will be played on October 23rd at Eden Park Stadium in Auckland. Eric Buchet, an international player and an iconic figure in Nice rugby, will commentate on the matches of the French XV for Nice Premium.
This tournament is expected to be a true clash of styles between Northern Hemisphere rugby and that of the South.
Our Australian and New Zealand friends have been seeking for several years to play a spectacular game, emphasizing player and ball movement, whereas today, our Northern rugby remains conformist and pragmatic, leaving little room for imagination…
So what can we hope for our team? The general opinion is highly pessimistic except that if we look a little more closely at the roadmap of our tricolors, who should finish in second place in Pool A and face the England team in the quarter-finals, and then, in the semi-finals, the South African team, two teams that play a rugby style very close to ours, based on defense and territory control, it could give us some reasons to believe!
But no matter the outcome of this competition, as long as it is rich and the celebration is grand!
