Gaspard de Vaubicourt 7:56 p.m., October 29, 2022
It was open day for the men's XV of France.
Rugby team supporters were invited to meet their favorite players and attend their training, on the horizon of the 2023 World Cup. A meeting that also warmed the hearts of rugby players.
The XV of France are celebrating.
After the victory of the women's national team in the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Friday, the men opened their doors to the public.
Fans were invited, for their greatest pleasure, to attend the high intensity training of the Blues.
"I'm super moved"
The players of the XV of France put a lot of impact and desire to please the hundreds of supporters who came for the occasion.
After a warm-up of about ten minutes, they had the right to a real confrontation between the first team and that of the under 20s.
The icing on the cake, a signing session which delighted Les Bleus fans, in particular Paul who won the Grail: "I left Lyon very early this morning to see my favorite players. It's really a dream come true , to have seen them so close and to have been able to attend training, I am super moved. I leave with a signed shirt. It's fire, what, it's great."
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A communion which is pleasing and the opportunity for the players of the XV of France to reconnect with their supporters, as the rugby player Charles Ollivon explains to us: "It feels good to find the public a little, to have a communion as with them because the last two years, we haven't had too many. To see young people, even for them, it's great", assures the third line of the team.
"We find a little of the joys of the supporters and it also does us good to be close to them."
Charles Ollivon and his teammates from the XV of France, who were full of good vibes before the friendly match against Australia, Saturday, November 5.