VI Nations tournament: with the France-Ireland opening match, a green tide of supporters expected in Marseille. 65,000 Stade Vélodrome tickets were sold in just a few hours.
As always, supporters of the XV de Trèfle will travel in large numbers. There will be ‘at least 10,000’, according to the Irish tourist office. With them, a guaranteed atmosphere, traders are already rubbing their hands. “There must be 6,000 liters of beer there,” figures Anaïs, manager of the New Temple Bar pub.