World under 20. Les Bleuets do not hide: they are aiming for the “third title” of world champions

the World Under-20 Championship is back ! After canceling the last 3 editions due to Covid-19, this competition that highlights the talents of tomorrow returns, along withSouth Africafrom June 24 to July 14, 2023.

Led by Lenny Nucci, blueberry They play their first game against Japan (Genesis), this Saturday, June 24, 2023 (2 p.m., on team channel). Two-time world champions (2018 and 2019), they aim for a stunning treble and aren’t afraid to proclaim it loud and clear…

The goal is clear: to win the World Cup!

In the absence of the usual captain Émilieen Gailleton, retained with the XV of France, he is thus Montpellier’s third line Lenny Nushi (19), who has appeared 10 times in the Top 14 this season, who will be the captain of the tricolor.

Thursday, June 22, 2023, he announced during his first press conference about the color without hiding:

“The goal is clear: to win this World Cup! We are not afraid to talk about it. We came with intentions and we will do everything to win the 2023 World Cup in South Africa.”

To qualify, you must finish 1^any or better 2^H from chicken

Héraultais trained in Béziers and went through Servien/Bojan, very confident before kicking off the competition against Japan (June 24, 2pm), then New Zealand (June 29th, 1:30pm) and Wales (July 4, 4:30pm). ) in the group stage. Knowing that qualifying for the semi-finals will be necessary Take first place in this pool or second best of the three pools.

“Our preparations went very well. After the 2023 6 Nations Championship (finishing second behind Ireland, editor’s note), we turned straight into this World Cup in South Africa. A goal that the whole group had set, from day one they met.”

Calvet wasn’t worried about the absence of Geliton and Billy Biari

The story is the same with the manager of the France U20 team, Sebastian Calvetwho has ambitions for a third world title in a row, after those it conquered in the last two editions, in 2018 and 2019, by Sebastian Pekeronis, current manager of Pau: “We have the legitimacy to believe that we are a strong nation in the northern hemisphere.”

“We have to keep navigating this dynamic, but we don’t have any points to compare with the nations of the southern hemisphere. We got the game pictures back, particularly from New Zealand (the Bleuets’ second opponent), but we come with a lot of humility for this first match against Japan. We have ambition. Declared to go to that title!”

And it is not the absence of two executives, center and captain Emilien Gailleton, and wing back Louis Biel-Biari, both with the France XV to prepare for the 2023 World Cup in France, that will curb his ambitions:

“We’ve already been through that situation in the 2023 Six Nations matches. Frankly, we’re very happy for both of them. That’s the goal of the under-20s, to look for places in the France XV, those two X-factors that can bring us a lot but without them “We can take on the challenge of being world champions. We would have liked to have it, but we know we can compete.”

Les Bleuets will play 3 group matches in 10 days and the tri-colour coaching staff have planned everything to manage their forces: “We will put a big frame in the first two matches against Japan and New Zealand grow in power Against two fairly similar opponents. We are wary of Japan, but the opposition will be stronger against the New Zealanders. And then, if all goes well, the rest of the group will seek victory in the third game against Wales (4 July). »

A roadmap you should bring Tricolores to Friday 14th July (7 p.m.), U-20 World Cup final date at Athlone Stadium, Cape Town (South Africa).

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