Heat wave alert on the Rugby World Cup: “Beer does not mix well with the sun”

2023-09-08 20:18:23

Isn’t a Rugby World Cup placed in September-October supposed to avoid summer heat waves? In theory, that should be the case. But the late heatwave of 2023 will nevertheless hit the inaugural weekend of the competition, launched Friday evening by the clash between the Blues and the All Blacks at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. A city affected by the first heatwave orange alert, in Île-de-France and in the Centre-Val de Loire, issued by Météo France in September since the implementation of this system in 2004.