Why the All Blacks will play a match at the GGL Stadium in Montpellier in November ?

Le demi de mêlée Brad Weber faisait partie de l’équipe des All Blacks XV lors de leur dernière tournée. MAXPPP – Joe Giddens

La formation des All Blacks XV, réserve de l’équipe nationale de Nouvelle-Zélande, disputera un match au GGL Stadium contre la Géorgie, le 10 novembre prochain. Explications.

It's a mouth-watering match for rugby fans, New Zealand will challenge Georgia at the GGL Stadium in Montpellier on November 10. It won't be the prestigious All Blacks, but the All Blacks XV, a sort of reserve team for the 2023 world vice-champions.

A team made up of young New Zealand players who are knocking on the door of the legendary All Blacks, but also older players and players who are already internationals. The All Blacks XV team will first face the Irish team Munster on November 2, before challenging the Georgian team on November 10 in Montpellier. New Zealand, for its part, will face Ireland on November 8 and France on November 16 at the Stade de France.

The Altrad group partner

The arrival of this New Zealand team is possible thanks to the partnership between the Altrad group, whose president Mohed Altrad is also president of the MHR, to the New Zealand federation rugby union (NZRU). “Altrad has been the major global partner of New Zealand Rugby since 2022, sponsoring all the teams “in black”: the All Blacks men's team, of course, but also the Black Ferns (women), the All Blacks Sevens, the Black Ferns Sevens, the Māori All Blacks, and the U20s.”In this regard, Altrad”is able to create events around its partner teams”, the group writes in a press release.

The match will therefore take place on Sunday, November 10, at 2 p.m., on the pitch of the GGL Stadium in Montpellier. Tickets for this match are now on sale on the MHR website: www.montpellier-rugby.com.