New Zealand could relocate one of the three matches in its series against France to the United States in the summer of 2025, the president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR) Florian Grill said on Tuesday.AFPconfirming information from the newspaper The Team.
“Rugby in its place”
Winners against the Blacks on November 16, France must play three test matches against New Zealand in the summer of 2025. But one of these matches could take place in the United States, as had already been the case in two occasions for the All Blacks against other teams in the past. “The demand” of the New Zealand federation “is not finalized”said Florian Grill, estimating that “sportingly this questions us” but that he saw an interest in it « rugby promotion » ahead of the 2031 World Cup in the United States.
In an interview with theAFP at the time of his campaign for World Rugby, the vice-president of the FFR Abdelatif Benazzi also mentioned a match “in Las Vegas” against New Zealand. “It’s a specific region. They have their own sport, but women's rugby and rugby has its place. But we must do it with Americans and also with the support of some great nations”he had developed.
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Benazzi had also considered other events to be organized in the United States, such as the Nations Cup final, which will replace the summer and fall matches from 2026.
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