Marseille hosts two teams eager to banish World Cup woe as they forge on, each missing an inspirational player
The big wheel is still turning at Marseille’s Borély beach, day and night through all four seasons, €8 a go for two loops. It is 55m high and from the top you can see into the Stade Vélodrome a few hundred metres inland, where, on Thursday afternoon, France and Ireland were busy getting ready to go-around again themselves.
It is three months and 19 days since the World Cup quarter-finals here and a lot of the old posters advertising the matches are still up around town, but it is already time for the cycle to start over and the opening match of this year’s Six Nations.
Written by Andy Bull in Marseille
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/02/france-and-ireland-six-nations-2024-opening-match-preview under the title “All eyes on new look France and Ireland for classic Six Nations opener”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
