the All Blacks are considering playing the French XV in the United States

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 told AFP on Tuesday, confirming information from the newspaper The Team. 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 twice for the All Blacks against others 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 «promotion du rugby» in view of the 2031 World Cup in the United States. In an interview with AFP during 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. 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.