The 2023 Rugby World Cup is fast approaching: it will start on September 8, and Toulouse will host 5 matches at the Stadium. And to “raise the sauce” the World Cup train stops at Matabiau station for two days. To talk about it, Maxime Medard, former Stade Toulousain player recently retired,
sponsor of the competition in Toulouse, was the guest of France Bleu Occitanie this Monday, October 31, 2022.
“It’s to make this event shine, so you have to prepare it in advance and remember that it’s going to be exceptional!” explains Maxime Medard. We have already started the clock (on the Jean Jaurès alleys, editor’s note) one year from the event. From there to say that the Toulousains are already at the bottom? “It’s starting to go up but it’s true that there is the championship and it may seem far away… It’s going to go up crescendo.”
“There will be beautiful posters” in 2023 in Toulouse
Maxime Médard concedes that it is “a bit of a pity” to have no match for the French team at the Stadium among the five group matches scheduled. “There will still be beautiful posters” (including a New Zealand match on Friday 15 September against Namibia), and then France plays a friendly against Japan in Toulouse,
Sunday, November 20 at 2 p.m.
Maxime Médard remembers the 2007 World Cup – a year before his first selection in Blue – as“an incredible moment”. He is looking forward to France’s first test match, against Australia this Saturday, November 5, at 9 p.m., and is delighted with the selection of Dimitri Delibes, recently called to Marcoussis, with Cyril Baille.
As for his future, Maxime Médard tells us that he will “maybe stay in rugby” ; that in the meantime he has several companies and that he is preparing a triathlon.
The rugby festival in Toulouse this Monday, October 31 and Tuesday, November 1
This Monday, October 31, it will therefore be a party in Toulouse. The 2023 Rugby World Cup train stopover at Matabiau station for two days. On this occasion, the Webb Ellis trophy, awarded to the future winner, will be presented to Toulouse residents. The train will be open free to all between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m., and on November 1 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Throughout the day, from 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., several activities will also be offered Capitol Square like a photo space with free access. A fun village will open its doors and offer visitors the opportunity to discover the snooty, a cork and wood rugby game made in France, to learn about the penalty kick and to participate in sports workshops offered by the CLC.
From 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., the Webb Ellis Trophy will be presented to the public in the Cour Henri IV du Capitole, in the presence of Stade Toulousain player, Sofiane Guitoune. A photobooth will be accessible to visitors to take pictures with the Cup.
From 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., the trophy will leave to animate the night market Victor Hugo where a Marseillaise will be sung at 9 p.m. simultaneously inside the market and on the square. With a dress code: blue white and red for everyone.
Listen again to Maxime Médard’s interview, broadcast at 8:08 a.m. this Monday, October 31, 2022:
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