Paris awaits the opening match France v New Zealand

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports, Sports News, News, Rugby

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Chris and Sara are together in Paris hearing from the French and Kiwi camps ahead of the opening game of the tournament. This episode will whet your appetite for the huge game in Paris which kicks off the tournament. Sara hears from New Zealand journalist Daniel McHardy who gives all the other teams hope by detailing a number of the All Blacks weaknesses whilst French writer Julien Pretot joins Chris and Sara to discuss the mood in the French camp which seems to be growing in confidence.

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0:00.0	Five lives rugby union daily at the Rugby World Cup.
0:06.7	Well, Jean-Bienvenue, our Paddy. I finally made it.
0:10.4	I have found the correspondent, Chris Jones.
0:13.0	We're at the Rugby World Cup. It's about to start, Chris.
0:15.3	I've been here for days, sorry.
0:16.5	I've come in with all this enthusiasm.
0:18.0	I feel like I've been here for months.
0:19.6	I've got my suitcase in the press conference.
0:21.6	Minus a wheel.
0:22.4	Yeah, I've lost a wheel already,
0:23.8	because I've been lugging this suitcase all around France.
0:26.0	Paris, Latuke, Latuke, Paris, off to Marseille,
0:28.9	shortly to cover England, but yeah, all really exciting.
0:32.4	And we're here with the French team.
0:33.9	You know, when I got really excited was,
0:36.3	I got to the Euro Star Terminal like late last night.
0:39.2	And when I was collecting my tickets,
0:40.7	I could listen to the conversation going on next
0:42.4	to me with a couple who were trying to order some
0:44.2	and were getting some help from the staff.
0:45.3	And they just went, just so you know,
0:47.3	you cannot expect to turn up at the moment
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