Rugby World Cup 2023 travel reconnaissance missions to France get under way

Ireland fans in Bordeaux, at the last Rugby World Cup in France back in 2007. Picture: Sportsfile

The Two Years To Go milestone has been passed for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, but travel agents are already being deluged with inquiries about the best way to see Ireland play in and make the most of their time in France between matches.

In travel terms, Ireland have been handed a peach of a draw with matches in Bordeaux and Nantes before the business end of the pool stages takes them to Paris to face world champions South Africa and Scotland at Stade de France, where, fingers crossed, Andy Farrell’s men will do enough to progress to the knockout rounds, also in the French capital.