Rugby World Cup 2023. All Blacks, Springboks, Wallabies, French XV… Where do the teams live and train?

The Rugby World Cup will not be played at the nine stadiums chosen to host the competition’s 48 matches. About twenty cities will host the teams and their staff for several weeks. Some, such as Toulouse, Lyon and Saint-Etienne, will have the pleasure of hosting matches and base camps.

The 20 nations themselves chose their vacation and training location by making use of a pre-list drawn up by the World Cup Organizing Committee. Two criteria were set: having “high-level facilities” and “improving team travel by preferring train as much as possible to air transport”.

The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region will be best represented with four choices (Australia, New Zealand, Italy and Namibia). But two divisions will include two base camps each, Gironde (Fiji and Romania) and Yvelines (Samoa and Wales).

Most training sessions will take place behind closed doors, but some will exceptionally be open to the public depending on the program of the different teams: find out more!

It is not excluded that you will come across a New Zealand column or pole Three-quarters of an Australian on the streets of your city…

And for the sake of fairness, the France’s fifteenth He will not benefit from Marcuse and his companions National Rugby Centre. Fabien Galtier’s men will therefore train in Rueil-Malmaison, in the Hauts-de-Seine, not far from their hotel, the hippodrome of Renaissance Paris de Saint-Cloud.

A second base camp has also been planned by the French technical staff in order to prepare for the final two matches in the group stage (against Namibia on September 21 in Marseille, and against Italy on October 6 in Lyon): Aix-en-Provence, where the Blues should host the settlement between September 15 And October 5.

For his part, Leon will be honored to receive the legendary All blacks. New Zealand, who will play twice at Groupama Stadium (September 29 vs. Italy, October 5 vs. Uruguay), has its sights set on companions Law and Blaine de Goux-Gerland. Accommodation will be at the Ruck Hotel, a newcomer to the area.

to’Italy, who has to play twice in Lyon (September 29 against New Zealand and October 6 against France) and once in Saint-Etienne (September 9 against Namibia), chose Bourgoin-Jalio, whose sporting director Pascal Pape, a former international player, rejoiced. And the sorrows of the World Cup, in 2011 specifically.

Finally, theUruguayThe team is also expected to play two matches in Lyon (September 27 against Namibia, and October 5 against New Zealand), and will prepare in Avignon, while the France national team will prepare. Namibiawhich would sail between Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Marseille and Toulouse, was convinced by Aix-les-Bains.

Neither Cheslin Colby nor Ibn Itzith would be out of place. Former RC Toulon players will train with the entire XVSouth Africaat the Mayall Stadium where they often walked on the grass, as well as at the RCT Campus.

The defending champions will play, among other things, two matches at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille (September 10 vs. Scotland, September 1).^any October v. Tonga).

The other main title of Group B,Ireland, will be installed in Tours, at an honorable distance from all the stadiums where it will perform, Bordeaux (September 9 vs. Romania), Nantes (September 16 vs. Tonga) and Saint-Denis (September 23 vs. South Africa and October 7 vs. Scotland). .

The Clover XV will also face Samoa in Bayonne on August 26 in a warm-up match.

France opposed in preparation, on 5 August at Murrayfield and 12 August at Geoffroy-Guichard,Scotland The team will remain in Nice, where they will also play their match against Tonga on September 24. Chardon XV comes to friendly ground: between 2017 and 2019, as part of the partnership between the Scottish Rugby Union and Stade Nisswa, several young Scottish players came to train in the Riviera town.

the Tongaalso expected almost everywhere in France (with matches in Marseille, Nice, Nantes and Lille), will be installed in Ile-de-France, at the Croissy-sur-Seine Sports Complex (Yvelines), which Russia has already chosen as a base camp during Euro 2016.

from her side, RomaniaHe is expected to play two matches in Bordeaux (September 9 vs. Ireland, September 17 vs. South Africa) and two matches in Lille (September 30 vs. Scotland, October 8 vs. Tonga), and is expected to play in Libourne in the Gironde. The city was contacted first to welcome Fiji, before the planned hotel withdrawal.

Like Lyon, Saint-Etienne hosts both meetings and the base camp of one of the participating nations, in this caseAustraliathe favorite in Group C, will arrive in France on August 27 to face Gang Galthée in a preparation match at the Stade de France.

After their opener in Saint-Denis against Georgia, the Wallabies will be in force in the region, with two matches to be played in Joffre-Guichard (September 17 vs Fiji, September 1).^any October against Portugal) and one at Groupama Stadium (September 24 against Wales).

the GaulSpecifically, in the midst of the crisis on and off the field, he will be based in Versailles, even if his program will take him to the four corners of France from the group stage (Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon, Nice).

After achieving prestigious success against Italy and Wales last year, Georgia arrived in France with some ambition and the best generation in its history. “Lelos” will benefit from the infrastructure of Stade Rochelais, a Top 14 finalist, and will be housed at the Relais Thalasso Atalante on the Ile de Ré, which hosted Spain during the 2016 European Football Championship.

the Fiji, who can be seen from August 19 in a friendly match against the XV of France at the Stade Beaujoire in Nantes, have chosen L’Ormont, on the outskirts of Bordeaux, where they will face Wales on September 10 and Georgia on September 30. .

As for the rugby players Portugalthe last qualifier for the World Cup, on the Perpignan side, in the USAP facilities, we can see them training.

The sixteenth country in the world, with half of its team playing in the French Championship, will play two matches in Toulouse (September 23 against Georgia, and October 8 against Fiji).

The English did nothing strange in choosing their base camp. the Fifteenth of the rose They will be installed at France’s “most British seaside resort”, Le Touquet (Pas de Calais), just a stone’s throw from the British coast.

Their schedule includes two matches in neighboring Nord, at Stade Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve Dusc (September 23 vs Chile, October 7 vs Samoa). The other matches will be held in Nice and Marseille.

Their main rival in Group D, theArgentinaIt also chose the upscale coastal resort “La Boule Escoblac”, which England chose during the last World Cup in France in 2007.

The Pumas, who can be seen in Joffre-Guichard on September 22 (against Samoa), will play two matches in Beaujoire in Nantes (Chile on September 30, Japan on October 8).

the Japanthe sensation of the last World Cup (first place in its group ahead of Ireland and Scotland), will set up its base camp in Toulouse, where the “Brave Roses” will play two matches (September 10 vs. Chile, September 28 vs. Samoa)) and where the number of Japanese supporters is expected to reach 20,000 to 30,000.

Finally, the Samoawho will roam throughout the group stage (Lille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne), was tempted by the infrastructure of the Royal Club of Montpellier, while ChileanFor her first World Cup appearance, Brittany opted for the Perros-Guerique (Côte d’Armor), where the stadium was renovated to accommodate national delegations.