Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Tuesday November 26, 2024 at 10:10 a.m.
Florian Grill says he is particularly delighted with this autumn tour which not only saw the XV of France, with Antoine Dupont back, achieve a full success but also the public, extremely respectful, responded more than had been expected never been the case, in the same way that the Blues have panicked the audience curves. The recently re-elected president of the FFR also says he is very proud of this new idea of staging the anthems.
After the very inglorious and dramatic soap operas for some of this summer and of which Florian Grill “does not (want) to forget anything”, the sumptuous autumn tour which ended last Friday with a third success in three matches for the Blues, against Argentina, came as a real clearing for this French Rugby still marked by these numerous cases having forced the FFR to think alongside Fabien Galthié about a new charter as well as a new living environment. “I am incredibly satisfied with the Blues, the staff but also the public, who were exemplary during the three matches and who gave a great image to rugby. I am also incredibly satisfied with all the teams of the French Rugby Federation,” rejoices the president of the FFR, who wears a broad smile across his shoulder at the end of this tour of the XV of France which resulted in total success. Whether we're talking about results, public behavior at the stadium, audiences or even the show.
Grill: “The president of the New Zealand Federation told me that we had never honored the haka like that”
With in particular this new scenography proposed by the FFR during the anthems, and of which Grill is very proud. “The pre-match light show for all three games was something incredibly crazy and was loved… The president of the New Zealand FA, who was with me, told me that the “we had never honored the haka like that.” The former strongman of the Ile de France league, questioned Sunday evening on RMC as part of “Bartoli Time”, sees in the complete success of this autumn tour a real reason for hope. What has just happened even makes Bernard Laporte's successor think that France can establish itself at the top of world rugby. “The potential is immense and there is exceptional material, both among girls and boys. If we work well and intelligently hand in hand, if we listen to each other and work on the regeneration of players, there is no reason why French rugby should not be dominant in world rugby, both among girls and boys.”
