2023-09-15 17:45:50
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 1 hour ago, Updated now
The All Blacks are quenching their thirst. Sandrine THESILLAT / PANORAMIC
Like last week, “cooling breaks” will be put in place during this weekend’s matches.
Of the “refreshment breaks» will again be implemented during the Rugby World Cup matches this weekend, counting for the second day of the group stage, “due to heat and humidity», Announced World Rugby on Friday.
As during the first day, during which France, host country of this 2023 World Cup, went through an episode of heatwave “unpublished“, this weekend’s matches will take place in high temperatures.
Thus, in Bordeaux, where Samoans and Chileans will face each other on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. (pool D), 30 degrees are announced, while in Saint-Etienne, which will host the meeting between Australia and Fiji on Sunday at 5:45 p.m. (pool C ), 28 degrees are expected.
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«All teams have been informed of this decision. Breaks will be managed by the referee and will occur approximately in the middle of each half, during an interruption of play», Explains the governing body of world rugby.
Moreover, “players will have access to water, cold towels and ice on the sideline and in the end zone», Adds the World Rugby press release.
Seven Rugby World Cup matches (September 8 – October 28) are scheduled from Friday to Sunday.
According to climatologists, human-caused global warming is making heatwaves more frequent and more severe, but also earlier and later.
Cooling breaks had already been introduced by World Rugby during previous World Cups, notably during the 2019 edition in Japan.
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