The 10 places to see France/New Zealand in the Loire

The 2023 Rugby World Cup, organized in France, will begin on Friday 8 September at 9:15pm, with a clash between the XV Tricolore and the All Blacks. We offer you a list of places where you can watch the meeting in good company.

Whether you’re in Stéphanois or Roannais, you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to supporting the Blues during this opening match of the Rugby World Cup.

• Saint-Etienne :
  • Six Nations/Beer Garden: The two neighboring bars on Place Jean Jaurès offer you a meeting on their giant screens, on the terrace
  • Café Mélies Brasserie: Located at 10 of the same place as Jean Jaurès, it also shows the match
  • VIP Saint-Etienne: On the 23rd Léon Nautin Rush, you can not only see the Blues against New Zealand, but you can also win the best fan kit through an on-site competition
• Saint-Priest-en-Jarez:
  • Crossroads Tavern: The Irish Pub is broadcasting the game at 102 Albert Raymond Street
• Savinho:
  • Savigneux Montbrison Rugby Club: Stade Claudius Duport is open to all from 8pm to share this first encounter with the Blues in a friendly atmosphere
• Montbrison:
  • V&B Montbrison: At 1 Allée Auguste Bernard, pre-match entertainment is organized by Rugby Loisir Hautevillois, from 7:30pm to 8:30pm, before the match is broadcast.
• Andrezio :
  • The City Hall invites you to the entertainment complex on the banks of the Loire, where a large screen has been installed, free admission and the availability of food trucks.
• Anger:
  • RC Feurs: Forézien Rugby Club invites you to the Salle de l’Eden, 2 bis place de la boaterie, in cooperation with the municipality of Feurs to meet the French and New Zealanders. Entry is free but registration is required (see RC Feurs social networks)
• Rawan:
  • AS Roanne XV: Roanne Rugby Club brings you the game on a giant screen on the banks of the Loire. Entertainment is planned from 7pm, and admission is free, with a refreshment bar and catering on site
  • My Bears: Mapleroot Bar broadcasting the meeting on a giant screen, 14 Artisan Street, 42300 Maple
  • VIP Riorges: Like its Saint-Etienne counterpart, VIP Riorgois presents this opening match on its giant screens, and for the best fan kit to be won through an on-site competition, at 550 Allée Charles de Gaulle, 42153 Riorges

All you have to do is decide where you’ll be shivering during the Marseilles and the traditional New Zealand Haka…