Rugby World Cup 2023 / French XV – The Blues celebrated as champions at the Institut des Parons (Aix-en-Provence)
This Wednesday morning, a French delegation joined the Parons medical-social institute, located on the heights of Aix-en-Provence. On the menu ? Crowd bath and great atmosphere…
A few hours after being celebrated by several hundred people on the Place de l’Hôtel de Ville, in Aix-en-Provence, the Tricolores were welcomed this Wednesday morning at the Institut des Parons, the most important to the region. There, some 300 people with disabilities applauded the French delegation led by Raphaël Ibanez, the manager of the XV of France.
Thibaud Flament, François Cros, Arthur Vincent, Yoram Moefana and Maxime Lucu were notably there.
Also present that morning were the three-quarter center of the Union Bordeaux-Bègles Yoram Moefana, the second row of Stade Toulouse Thibaud Flament, his teammate in the pink city François Cros, the Montpellier striker Arthur Vincent and even the Basque-Girondine Maxime Lucu.
“We love you, gentlemen!”
At the Parons Institute, a building set on 12 hectares of greenery and which welcomes residents aged 6 to 72 year-round, the Tricolores first wisely listened to the speech of the center’s director, Thierry Pouplier: “Gentlemen, you were able to create a team with soul and we love you. We all hope you make it to the end!” A few words to which Raphaël Ibanez responded as follows: “We are all very impressed by your welcome. Our goal is obviously to win matches but above all to unite as much as possible around this French team.”
The XV of France was warmly welcomed at the Provençal Institute.
After the presentations, the players of the XV of France then took part in the game of “questions answers” with the children of the institute, who for example asked Arthur Vincent and Yoram Moefana what they ate before a match (“chicken pasta”in one voice) and who was the strongest player on the team (“Win Anthony”, unanimously). This afternoon, the French internationals will be resting: for some, they will go about their business and visit the city; for others, they will pass into the expert hands of the France group’s physiotherapists.
Video of Patrick Derewiany
