In case you are trying to find the small print of the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony for 2023, you’ve come to the proper place. Right here is what to anticipate when the occasion kicks off in Paris this coming Friday.

From the time it kicks off and the place, to who will probably be concerned, we’ve bought the small print for you.

What time is the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony?

The opening ceremony will happen on the Stade de France on Friday 8 September, at 8pm native time (7pm UK time) – simply an hour and quarter-hour earlier than the blockbuster opening match takes place, with hosts France dealing with the All Blacks.

What’s going to the opening ceremony embrace?

In keeping with World Rugby, the occasion will probably be “showcasing the easiest of French tradition, whereas kick-starting rugby’s 2 hundredth birthday celebrations”.

Oscar-winning French actor Jean Dujardin will probably be concerned as director, as will present director Olivier Ferracci, stage director Nora Matthey de L’Endroit and greater than 200 volunteers. There will probably be “33 high-profile company will signify France’s distinctive savoir-faire within the realms of gastronomy, sports activities and the humanities.”

It has been billed as a really French affair.

Remembering the primary ever Rugby World Cup opening ceremony

The 2023 opening ceremony promised to be a really totally different affair to the one held on the first-ever World Cup, in 1987.

How about parades and New Zealand Brass Band Championships? Issues in 1987 have been way more genteel and quaint. The scenes in Eden Park forward of New Zealand’s match in opposition to Italy really feel like a lifetime in the past.

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