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All three venues can hold more than 50,000, but none can match the 80,000 capacity and revenue generated by the Stade de France.

The French Rugby Federation said in December it had not yet received a satisfactory proposal to stay at the Stade de France, their usual Paris home.

France played in Marseille, Lille and Lyon in the 2024 Six Nations while preparations for the Olympics in Paris meant the Stade de France was off limits.

France's former interior minister has apologised for the first time for the 2022 fiasco at the Stade de France which saw Liverpool football supporters wrongly blamed for a riot.

There is even a banner at Stade Mayol, with his face, a St George's cross and the slogan 'God Save Ribbans'.