The Intercontinental Rugby Board (IRB) has introduced the kick-off times for the 48 matches of Rugby Environment Cup 2007 to be performed in France in September and Oct.
Host nation France will kick-off the sixth Rugby Planet Cup Event in opposition to Argentina at the Stade de France Stadium in Paris at 9pm area time on Friday, September 7, whilst England will get started its defence of the Webb Ellis Cup in opposition to the Usa in Lens the adhering to day with the match kicking-off at 6pm regional time.
The up coming Rugby Environment Cup will be hosted in France from 7 September to 20 October 2007.
The game titles will be held at a number of venues in France (Lens, Montpellier, St-Etienne, Montpellier, St-Denis, Nantes, Lyon, Bordeaux, Paris, Toulouse and Marseilles). Some of the important pool matches will be performed in Cardiff (Wales) and in Edinburgh (Scotland).
Toulouse, in the Aude, Languedoc, is just one of rugby’s key epicentres. The Stade Toulousain staff, which has presented a good several worldwide gamers down the yrs, has been winner of France 17 instances and went down in the historical past of the activity by starting to be the 1st European golf equipment champion in 1996, a title that it gained once again in 2003.
Pupils started enjoying rugby locally in 1890 and it was in 1907 that Stade Toulousain was proven. It received the initially French championship title two several years later on, in 1909.
Have a look at the French crew.
Colours: Blue, white and purple?Nicknames: Les Bleus, Les Tricolores?Honours: Six Nations Grand Slam (2004, 2002), 5 Nations Grand Slam (1968, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 1998), World Cup runners-up (1987, 1999).
Coach: Studious Bernard Laporte has endured a see-noticed existence since taken the reigns prior to the 1999 Rugby Environment Cup. Planet Cup finalists to fifth in the Six Nations, Grand Slam champions to losing a Test series to Argentina. Laporte has introduced willpower and organisation to a ordinarily unstable and flamboyant aspect, but has had hassle seeking to blend the fantastic cocktail time just after time.
Captain: Again in the captaincy saddle soon after the retirement of Fabien Galthié, Toulouse star Fabien Pelous is no stranger to leadership. A star performer in the 2nd row or the back of the scrum, his presence in the French aspect is often taken for granted.
Participant(s) to check out: Toulouse centre Florian Fritz gained both 2005 Player of the Year and 2005 Newcomer of the Calendar year awards at the French ‘Night of Rugby’ in December 2005, and was very first alternative to spouse Yannick Jauzion in both equally of November 2005’s substantial-profile Assessments from Australia and South Africa. He is also Jauzion’s spouse in the Toulouse centres as perfectly, and Toulouse’s back-line creativeness desires very little embellishment.
Have a seem at the current French Squad: ( Jan 2007)
Backs: Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse), Pierre Mignoni (Clermont), Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz), Benjamin Boyet (Bourgoin), David Skrela (Stade Français), Damien Traille (Biarritz), Romain Cabannes (Biarritz), Florian Fritz (Toulouse), Yannick Jauzion (Toulouse), David Marty (Perpignan), Vincent Clerc (Toulouse), Christophe Dominici (Stade Français), Cédric Heymans (Toulouse), Aurélien Rougerie (Clermont), Thomas Castaignède (Saracens/ENG), Anthony Floch (Clermont), Clément Poitrenaud (Toulouse)?
?Forwards: Pieter de Villiers (Stade Français), Laurent Emmanuelli (Clermont), Sylvain Marconnet (Stade Français), Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), Olivier Milloud (Bourgoin), Jean-Baptiste Poux (Toulouse), Benoît August (Biarritz), Sébastien Bruno (Sale/ENG), Raphaël Ibañez (Wasps/ENG), Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Français), Grégory Lamboley (Toulouse), Lionel Nallet (Castres), Pascal Papé (Castres), Fabien Pelous (Toulouse), Jerome Thion (Biarritz), Serge Betsen (Biarritz), Julien Bonnaire (Bourgoin), Sébastien Chabal (Sale/ENG), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Imanol Harinordoquy (Biarritz), Rémy Martin (Stade Français), Yannick Nyanga (Toulouse), Elvis Vermeulen (Clermont)
The south of France functions quite strongly- with nicely more than fifty percent coming the location, and the greater part of these coming from the Languedoc.
France is wanting pretty robust to win in the RWC in 2007.
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