Rugby player Antoine Dupont, SNCF’s new voice on World Cup stations

Enter Simone Héro, the legendary voice of SNCF. The time of the World Cup it is indeed the captain of the French rugby team, Antoine Dupont, who will take over, confirms on Tuesday SNCF to the Parisian.

The scrum-half, who recently became French champions at Toulouse Stadium, traveled to the SNCF Paris-Montparnasse operations center this Friday to record various messages that will be broadcast throughout the Rugby World Cup, which will be held in France from 8 to 20 September . 28 of October.

TGVs dressed in his silhouette

But other surprises await travelers at the station, because the silhouette of the best player in the world in 2021 will dress TGV locomotives (locomotives). The events, which will take place “mainly at the stations of the host cities”, indicate the SNCF to the Parisian.

Becoming an “SNCF and railway ambassador” in March 2022, the XV of France never made a secret of his attachment to the railways: “Going to matches, going on vacation or with the youth teams on move, SNCF is part of my best memories,” explains he is Le Monde.

The railway company did not hesitate to address its ambassador in the accent of their native Hautes-Pyrenees, as Laurent Guillemette, Director of Major Events Projects at SNCF, explains: “Antoine Dupont’s voice is easily recognizable and has an interesting deadpan side.”

On leave after winning the French title on June 17, Antoine Dupont now has to join AS Monaco on Sunday to find the Blues. Together with coach Fabien Galtier, the French team should start preparing for the World Cup here. Next stop: France-Scotland test match 5 August.