Saint-Etienne is already impatient at the idea of ​​hosting the Australian national team for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which will take place in France.

The Wallabies will set up their base camp at the Roger Baudras stadium in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, north of the city.

For the municipality and the metropolis, it is a "pride" to know that the Australian team, world champion twice in 1991 and 1999, has "selected the candidacy" from Saint-Etienne.

Two Australian matches scheduled for Sainté

After receiving the Wolves of Portugal in 2007 for a previous World Cup in France, Saint-Etienne is ready to relive the experience: “Australia will be at home!

promises Claude Atcher, general manager of France 2023, the competition's organizing committee.

The Wallabies will also play two games at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, on September 17 and October 1, 2023.

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