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Alliance française de Philadelphie - 1420 Walnut St #700, Philadelphia, PA 19102 |
Rugby World Cup 2023
The 2023 Rugby World Cup (French: Coupe du
monde de rugby 2023),
is the ongoing tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world
championship for rugby union national teams. It is taking place in France
from 8 September to 28 October 2023 in nine venues across the country and is the first to take place entirely in France. The opening game
and final will take place at the Stade de France, north of Paris. The
tournament is being held in the bicentenary year of the "invention" of the sport by William
Webb Ellis.
Rugby is based on running with an oval-shaped ball in hand but...you can also kick it! In its most common form, a match is played between
two teams of 15 players each on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field is equipped with H-shaped goal posts and a goal line at each
end. The aim is to get the ball between these posts or to flatten it behind the line. Two of the bests known features of rugby are the
tackle, used by the defence to prevent the opposition from advancing and the scrum, a method of restarting play that involves players
packing closely together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the ball.
We would like to remind you the following in-person events’ étiquette :
Please note that we encourage donations but you can also attend this
event for free.