France jerseys for 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Rugby World Cup kit reveal: France
Tournament hosts France have become the first team to unveil their jerseys for the 2023 Rugby World Cup which kicks off in September.
France jerseys for 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Tournament hosts France have become the first team to unveil their jerseys for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
The first out of the blocks of the 20 teams that will compete at the Rugby World Cup kicking off in Paris on Friday 8 September, the French Rugby Federation and sporting apparel company Le Coq Sportif unveiled France’s unique home and alternative kits for the tournament.
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THE BLUE RUGBY WORLD CUP KIT
The new blue get-up is a slightly different colour than the ones France donned during the Autumn Nations Series last year and Six Nations this year.
During the aforementioned series and tournament, France played in blue shirts and shorts. But for their home World Cup, Les Bleus are reverting to the same stylings as the national flag. Blue shirt, white shorts and red socks. And that blue on the jersey, it has been confirmed, has been tweaked to be the same blue as the flag.
“A strong choice in this year of the Rugby World Cup for the XV of France, behind which a whole people will continue to unite. For this competition, on their land, the players of France will carry the flag of the nation. A blue jersey, white shorts, red socks – it’s the return to silhouetting the colours of our country,” read a joint press release from the FFR and Le Coq Sportif.
The change in the shade of blue is attributed to be a reflection of the France flag.
“This new colour gives elegance and depth to this statutory jersey, where the cobalt blue, present in touches, recalls the heritage of historic jerseys,” the statement added.
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FRANCE’S ALTERNATE WHITE TOP
The white jersey has a blue strip on the right-hand side that extends from the bottom of the jersey up to the sleeve.
While France’s sponsor Altrad featured on the front of the jersey during the Six Nations, it does not appear on the Rugby World Cup jersey.
This is due to World Rugby’s regulations for World Cups, with only the team’s logo, kit supplier and the World Rugby logo allowed on the front of the jersey.
Le Coq Sportif offers the jersey in men’s, women’s and children’s sizes and states that the replica jersey has a design identical to that worn by the players.
France’s Rugby World Cup replica jersey will set you back around R1930 (£84 or €95).
FIRST LOOK AT FRANCE’S JERSEYS FOR RWC 2023
