“We have just acquired the rights” to broadcast the two test matches scheduled against the Japanese selection, announced to the press the director of the antennas of TF1, Xavier Gandon, during the presentation of the 2022-2023 season of the private group. .
Viewers will therefore find the XV of France in the clear, for the first time since its Grand Slam at the Six Nations Tournament, against the Cherry Blossoms on July 2 at 7:30 a.m. French time, and on the 9th at 8:00 a.m.
A kind of warm-up for TF1, a little over a year before the 2023 World Cup organized in France, which will be broadcast on its antennas, like the Women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, from October 8 to November 12 2022.
Canal + usually broadcasts the summer tours of the Blues, under an agreement with Sanzaar, the body bringing together New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, and Argentina, of which Japan.
For their excursion to the land of the Rising Sun, coach Fabien Galthié recalled Charles Ollivon, appointed captain after more than a year of absence in selection, and summoned 17 neophytes from his group of 42 players.
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