2023-06-27 17:57:03
Exit Simone Hérault, legendary voice of the SNCF. The time of a World Cup it is indeed the captain of the French rugby team, Antoine Dupont, who will take over, confirms this Tuesday the SNCF to the Parisian.
The scrum-half, recently crowned French champion with the Toulouse stadium, went to the operational center of SNCF Paris-Montparnasse this Friday to record various announcement messages which will be broadcast throughout the Rugby World Cup, which will take place in France from September 8 to October 28.
TGV motor cars dressed in his silhouette
But travelers will also have other surprises at the station, since the silhouette of the best player in the world 2021 will dress the engines (locomotives) of the TGVs. Developments that will take place “mainly in the stations of the host cities”, indicates the SNCF to the Parisian.
Became “ambassador of the SNCF and railway workers” on March 2022the player of the XV of France has never hidden his attachment to the railways: “To go to see matches, go on vacation or with the teams of young people on the move, the SNCF is a component of my best memories”, explains is he at Monde.
The railway company did not hesitate to turn to its ambassador with the accent of his native Hautes-Pyrénées, as explained to franceinfo Laurent Guillemette, director of major events projects at the SNCF: “Antoine Dupont has a voice that is easily recognizable, that he has an interesting deadpan side.”
On vacation since his title of champion of France on June 17, Antoine Dupont must now join Monaco on Sunday to find the Blues. Alongside coach Fabien Galthié, the France team must begin its preparation for the World Cup there. Next stop: France-Scotland, in a test match on August 5.
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