Rugby World Cup 2023 – Wales in Versailles, Ireland in Tours, Scotland in Nice…all the World Cup Base Camps
The XV of France in Rueil-Malmaison, the world champions, South Africa in Toulon, Wales in Versailles, Georgia in the Île de Ré … Find out where countries will pack their bags during the World Cup (from September 8 to 28 October).
On September 8, France and New Zealand will start the 2023 Rugby World Cup at Stade de France (Saint-Denis). The competition will energize France for more than a month and 20 countries from all over the world will take part in it. These teams must also invest their base camp by the end of August, in order to finish preparing them in the best conditions.
In Ile-de-France and in the Rhone-Alpes region, I found the most base camps, six to be exact. Around the capital, Croisette-sur-Seine, Versailles and Will-Malmaison have been chosen to host Tonga, Wales and the fifteenth for France. The New Zealanders will stay in Lyon, and the Italians in Bourgoin-Gallieu, on the outskirts of Lyon. Not far from the City of Lights, in Saint-Etienne, Australia will be packing its bags. For its part, Namibia will discover the alpine landscapes of Aix-les-Bains.
Nice will host Scotland and Avignon, Argentina. In Montpellier and Perpignan, Samoa and Portugal will settle, respectively. Toulouse will be the base camp for Japan. In the Bordeaux region, Fiji will remain in Lormont and Romania in Libourne. To the north, we will find Georgia in Ile de Re, Argentina in La Baule, and Chile in Perros Guerec. England would benefit from a base camp at Toupet-Paris-Plage, just 61km from the first stretch of the English coast.
Why isn’t France in Marcoussis?
In preparation for the World Cup, France’s XV made use of Monaco’s Stade Louis II and Capbreton Sports Park, across from the Marcoussis National Rugby Centre. One would have thought that for the World Cup at home, Fabien Galthier’s men would once again benefit from their CNR infrastructures. But for equality, the small town of Hauts-de-Seine.
“It was important, so that there is no ambiguity or disagreement about the performance of the French national team, that it be placed under the same conditions of preparation as the rest of the 19 participants.” He had justified on RTL, in March 2022, Claude Atcher, former Director General of France 2023. “Because the Marcoussis facilities are of a higher standard than other base camps, we have decided not to allow the Blues to remain there during competition.”
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