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Bella Milo, Jonny Wilkinson and Matt Giteau  - The Societe Generale RWC 2023 Panel

Bella Milo, Jonny Wilkinson and Matt Giteau - The Societe Generale RWC 2023 Panel

Grant Beuzeval17 Dec 2020 - 02:08

RWC2023 draw marks epic milestone in road to France

With only roughly 1,000 days until the 2023 Rugby World Cup kicks off in France, all eyes were on the live draw on Monday evening (14th Dec).

But what did it mean that France landed in Pool A with New Zealand and that England will face Japan and Argentina in Pool D?

Don't worry, for one of Rugby World Cups major sponsors - and of course title sponsor of Valley for past seven seasons - Societe Generale stepped up with an innovative live panel of rugby experts to help us decipher the meaning of the draw.

Societe Generale ambassador Jonny Wilkinson, Matt Giteau and our very own Bella Milo, joined host, Alex Payne for a concurrent live, online discussion panel to breakdown the draw and to poke fun at each other.

Bella, current player/coach for the Societe Generale Valley Black Ladies women's premiership team and current Western Samoa International player, wasn't shy in the company these two legends of the men's game - both having played in multiple RWC events.

For highlights of Bella's comments, watch this Facebook video.(https://www.facebook.com/ValleyRFC/posts/10159041372312065)

2023 will be the 200th anniversary since young William Webb Ellis caught the ball in his arms and ran with it during a game of football (soccer) at the Rugby School but Bella's mind is more focussed on the outside hope that the Women's RWC can take place in NZ later in 2021 and that Samoa can qualify and that she stay injury free and in the frame for selection.

Related reading: "Experienced Milo guiding Manusina to World Cup"
https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/article/53637

Make sure you watch the upcoming Horse of Course podcast featuring Bella - and we will get to the bottom of these questions and check in on how she's handling this new found fame as a livestream pundit.

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