The two semi-finals will take place at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon on June 20 and 21 and the final will be back at the Stade de France on the 28th.
The Top 14 semi-finals will take place at a closed counters, as well as the final at the end of June, which will be preceded by a ceremony staged by the dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, announced Tuesday the president of the National Rugby League, Yann Roubert. The two semi-finals, which will take place at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon on June 20 and 21, are at closed counters “Since mid-January”said the director general of the League, Emmanuel Eschalier.
The Top 14 final, which was held last year at the Marseille Vélodrome due to the Olympic Games, will make her return to the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on June 28. It should take place in the same pregnant next year, if the change of dealer of the Stade de France takes place as planned: the Lyonnais group GL Events is in exclusive negotiation to recover the concession from August.
A final preceded by a contemporary dance ceremony
Vinci Bouygues, the current concessionaire put out of the race and who has operated the stadium since 1995, seized the administrative court in summary proceedings, then the Council of State. “If it is the GL Events group, the conditions are determined” With a new final at the Stade de France in 2026, said Roubert, former president of the Lou Rugby, of which GL Events is the majority shareholder. “The conditions are agreed so that out of the coming 30 years, there are 25 or 26 finals that take place at the Stade de France”he detailed. “There may be some exceptional events outside, but the place of the finals is obviously the Stade de France.”
The final of the current season will be preceded by a ceremony staged by the French dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, former dance director at the head of the Paris Opera Ballet, and which will bring together 250 participants. “It will be a beautiful first at the Stade de France to see this show which will mix contemporary dance and rugby because the two can mix”said Roubert. But after the match, we will remain in the classic with the traditional delivery of the Brennus shield to the winners.
