Alldritt and the Blues during France-Ecosse at the Stade de France, March 26, 2021. -
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The president of the French Rugby Federation, Bernard Laporte, assured Monday to be optimistic for the tour of the XV of France in Australia, scheduled for July.
" I'm confident.
Today the tour is scheduled: Australians need recipes too, like us.
We hope to go there too because this team from France has never played against nations of the South for the moment.
It is one year old and it has never faced rugby in the Southern Hemisphere.
We can't wait to go there, ”he told AFP.
The Blues of Fabien Galthié are supposed to go to Australia to challenge the Wallabies in three games, scheduled for July 3, 10 and 17.
However, the borders remain almost closed until further notice for travelers from abroad.
During the Australian Open (February 8-21), players, managers and journalists were also forced to observe a fortnight before the competition.
No plan B
"The question today is" do we have to arrive fourteen days before? "
If that's it, we need a different organization than the one planned: the Top 14 final (June 25) being a week before the first match, the finalists could not play it.
Or we would have to go with the semi-finalists.
And then I just saw that the Australians had reconfigured part of the country (in Brisbane)… ”, explained Laporte.
“There is no plan B at the moment.
We have time but we could play friendly matches with northern nations, knowing that some would be reduced since their best players would be with the British and Irish Lions, ”he added.
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