The This is, join us in France, episode 433.

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Bonsieur, I'm Annie Sergeant and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France.

Everyday life in France, great places to visit in France, French culture, history, gastronomy and news related to travel to France.

Today I bring you a conversation with Elise Riven of Toulouse Guided Walks about the Rugby World Cup coming up in France starting on September 8th,

2023 and ending on Saturday October 28th. This event goes on for 50 days and I bet a lot of you

listeners are going to be in France between those dates and since it'll bring a lot of

extra visitors you need to know about this, even if you don't plan to attend. But I hope you plan to attend. I hope to attend myself.

The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union tournament contested every four years

by the men's national teams of the member nations of World Rugby. That's the sports international governing body. The

tournament was first held in 1987 when I was a young pup. And since then it has been held nine times. The most recent

Rugby World Cup was held in 2019 in Japan. The tournament consists of 20 teams who are divided into four pools of five teams each.

The top two teams from each pool advance to the knockout stage of the tournament which includes

Quatra finals, semi-finals, and a final of course. The Rugby World Cup is one of the highest sporting events in the world, with millions of

fans tuning in to watch the matches.

The tournament has produced some of the most iconic moments in rugby history and has helped spread the popularity

of the sport around the world.

There's been nine rugby World Cups so far. New Zealand won it three times Australia twice

South Africa twice and England once France has never won this cup, but Hope Springs Eternal, and we have a great team this year, so why not?

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