2023-09-06 02:29:16
Blues in white. To open “its” World Cup, the XV of France will receive New Zealand with its second tunic, the white one, this Friday evening September 8 at the Stade de France. An announcement made by the equipment manufacturer of the Habs on social networks.
This will be the 8th confrontation between French and All Blacks at a World Cup. Already in 2011, twice, once in the group stage (37-17 defeat) and once in the grand final, lost by one point (7-8) by the XV du Coq, the French selection sported a white shirt.
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Our ???????? start the adventure next Friday, they will face New Zealand for the opening match of this Rugby World Cup 2023. The competition starts strong, the meeting promises to be titanic ????
Notre #XVdeFrance will display… pic.twitter.com/Fi04tt0S5y— le coq sportif (@lecoqsportif) September 2, 2023
Of the five other major clashes, France wore their blue jersey four times. In particular during the victories in the quarter-finals in 2007 (20-18) and in the semi-finals in 1999 (43-31). In 2015, during the last match between these nations in the World Cup, the France team released a red jersey. Without much success since it had been swept away by the All Blacks (62-13) in the quarter-finals of the competition.
All games combined, the Blues have beaten New Zealand 13 times in 61 attempts. The last victory is very fresh and dates from November 20, 2021 at the Stade de France (40-25).
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