He Rugby World Cup 2023 puts first: the local France will receive the All Blacks (New Zealand) in what will be the opening match of the world Cup and of Group A which also integrate Italy, Namibia and Uruguay. The tournament will be played from this Friday until October 28.
The match will take place starting at 4:15 p.m. (Argentine time) at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. It will be televised on ESPN+ and the Star + platform.
Currently, France It is considered one of the best teams in the world and occupies third place in the ranking it draws up. world rugbyin which New Zealand is second behind Ireland.
This match is an early final because whoever loses will be relegated to fighting for second place in the area and will have a worse match in the quarterfinals.
Both teams are candidates to win this worldwhich in the previous one starts very evenly and has several teams with serious aspirations to lift the mythical William Webb Ellis Cup and, among them, the Wallabies (Australia) and the Springboks (South Africa)but also England He has serious aspirations.
One of the main candidates is also Irelandalthough the Celtic team has a pending score: it has never managed to pass the quarterfinal stage since the World Cups began to be played in 1987 and it is a pending score that has already played against it on a psychological level on more than one occasion.
The rest of the European powers such as Welsh and Scotland They did not show a corresponding level in the previous one to dream of winning the world Cupso they appear as tough rivals in their groups but as a “cuckoo”.
The Argentine team, The Cougarsis the sole representative of America (the others are Uruguay and Chili) that has serious chances of making a good world: a good result against England It would put him fully into fighting for first place in his group and ensuring an accessible quarterfinal crossing that would allow him to get into the semis.
The complete fixture of Los Pumas:
- Group D
- Date 1: England vs. Argentinaon Saturday, September 9 at 4 p.m. – Stade Velodrome (Marseille).
- Date 2: Argentina vs. Samoaon Friday, September 22 at 12:45 in Saint-Étienne.
- Date 3: Argentina vs. ChiliSaturday September 30 at 10 – Stade de la Beaujoire (Nantes).
- Date 4: Japan vs. ArgentinaSunday, October 8 at 8 – Stade de la Beaujoire (Nantes).
Source: Ambito
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