Since Monday, the staff of the XV of France in full, trains the young rugby hopefuls of Provence Rugby. The opportunity for thesupervision directed by Fabien Galthié to rehearse the scales one month before the autumn tour.
For their part, the young hopefuls were entitled to a two-hour session on Tuesday at the Carcassonne stadium. It is a training similar to that which the Blues will have in their preparation for the 2023 World Cup.
High-intensity training, like the pros
A session which also allows the staff of the XV of France, made up of around thirty people, to apply the evolved version of the Blues training model: high-intensity training which consists of multiply and link play times and workshops. Like the pros.
The Aix-en-Provence site was not chosen at random. The XV of France, one of the favorites for the 2023 World Cup in France, will indeed settle down in Aix in full competition in 2023 for three weeks to prepare for its last two group matches.
Concretely, the stay of the Blues in Provence will last from September 15 to October 5, 2023. The French team will arrive after their match against Uruguay and will leave the day before or the morning of their 4th and last group match against Italy planned in Lyon. In the meantime, the France team will play on September 21 at the Vélodrome stadium against an African team qualified in the Rugby Africa Cup (from July 1 to 10 in Marseille and Aix).
Fabien Galthié was won over by the city’s geographical location and infrastructure. The team will stay at the Renaissance Hotel where 70 rooms have already been reserved. For the training of the Blues, the Georges Carcassonne stadium will undergo a refresh at 1.5 million euros before summer 2023.