With more than 27,000 tickets sold, the attendance record for a women’s rugby match in France will be broken during this meeting at the end of which the winner will win the competition, Grand Slam at stake, and strike a major blow to eighteen months of the 2025 World Cup in England.
On paper, the Red Roses, five-time outgoing champions and world No.1, seem completely out of reach. They won the last twelve duels against Les Bleues and crushed, in turn, Italy (48-0), Wales (46-10), Scotland (46-0) and Ireland ( 88-10), offering themselves a boulevard to achieve their sixth Grand Slam in a row.
Above all, they have changed their style of play since the arrival at their head of New Zealander John Mitchell, infusing it with a bit of champagne rugby specific to the Southern hemisphere. Les Bleues, for their part, had a more mixed Tournament, with laborious victories against Ireland (38-17) and Scotland (15-5), before rising to a crescendo against Italy (38-15). and Wales (40-0).
Like their match on Sunday in Cardiff, where they conceded no points, Manae Feleu’s teammates shone during this edition with their defense, which they claim as an “identity”, and their effectiveness in closed scrums. (100%).
The Six Nations Tournament match between France and England will take place this Saturday April 27 at 5:45 p.m. It will be followed live on France 2.
