Sophie Turner revealed the Webb Ellis trophy alongside All Black and World Cup winner Dan Carter at the Rugby World Cup 2023 finals.
DiscussionThank you for the explanation, I was wondering why she was there.
No problem! It’s the same with the football World Cup (at least since 2010), LV partners with the event to create the trophy travel case with a retired player in said sport and an LV brand ambassador unveiling it at the final.
Glad someone can explain it. Too random to not be a reason for it.
She’s a big rugby fan too
Yes that too - saints IIRC? disclaimer I’m v much a rugby casual
Also, she was back in Europe filming Joan this week
The blacks were down 1 player and still put up a fantastic fight. The Barrett brothers, Moung’a etc were superb. Real fun to watch.
Wish I could've seen it in person but may have to wait for next year.
Curious if there are other rugby fans in this sub lol.
I was supporting NZ today (since the boks beat my team) but I think the best team won in the end. Peter-Steph Du Toit put in an utter shift. It’s been a great tournament and I will miss it terribly. Back to domestic rugby until internationals roll round again.
Omg this dog is so cute
Hiiiiiiiiii. Brutal match as a NZer but we need to, like, not get so many cards. Absolute class by the Barrett brothers as usual.
Also fun celeb spotting on the stream I watched! Djokovic, Federer, and nice to see classic ABs Dan Carter and Tana. Any others that people spotted that aren't in the article?
Jason Mamoa was there along with Rita Ora and Taika Waititi as well as a million old rugby players.
Yeh I saw that. Then she moved and Jason momoa took her place.
Edit: not sure why I’m being down voted for this lol. She was sat with him for a bit (he was hanging out with her and her husband) she later moved (probably to join her husband) and the seat she was sat in was taken by Jason Mamoa and friend.
Saffa here lol
Name checks out....
Yep Ireland fan here (still in mourning lol)
Congrats to any Saffas around, Commiserations Kiwis. Great game.
Yes hello ABs fan here and currently in pain, that was an awful final. If we had to lose to anyone, glad it was to the Boks.
At least our Queens the Black Ferns are still world champs
🙋🏻♀️
Am generally not a rugby fan but am a Kiwi and joined my friends to watch. It was rough lol when they took back that try arghhh
Long suffering Wallabys fan - But being Aussie-Scot-Irish I’m not short of a backup team 😂
All credit to the Kiwis they’re a bloody solid team and deserved the win
Another rugby fan here. Scottish, so I did not have high hopes for my team given the pool situation. But NZ were my backup team, and I'm gutted they didn't win. They were down to 14 men for most of the game and they still put up an incredible fight, if they'd managed to hang on to 15 they should have won.
I have never been jealous of Sophie Turner until now. Rugby is the best sport in the world and Dan Carter is a legend.
If only DC laced his boots up to give us a drop goal to get the lead 😭
Her fit is so iconic here 😭😭😭
And then they panned to Rita Ora who was sitting beside Novak Djokovic and I thought damn is she really friends with EVERYONE??
Her and her family are mad for rugby
I wish they would have let her carry the trophy as well . Dan Carter did that on the opening day of the RWC so I was expecting more than her grabbing his arm tbh.(sexism , am I right ?)
If anyone’s wondering why Sophie did the trophy unveiling: she’s an ambassador for Louis Vuitton, which partners with the RWC (and created the trunk the trophy was in).