With 100 days to go until the tournament gets underway, organisers have revealed data from a BVA study showing that 90 per cent of the French public support the staging of the tournament.

Among them, 76 per cent of respondents planned to interact directly with the event.

In terms of positive public image, rugby is rated number one among all sports in France.

"This is massive, and it shows the interest and support there is for the event," Michel Poussau, executive director of RWC 2023 for World Rugby, told insidethegames.

"With 100 days to go until the tournament starts we are very satisfied with the findings."

A total of 2.5 million tickets have already been sod, making this the best-selling tournament in RWC history.

All publicly-available tickets were sold more than a year ahead of the opening match on September 8.

A second Two Circles survey reveals that there will be 600,000 overseas fans attending the event.

And of these 60 per cent will come from Britain or Ireland.

A total of 72 per cent of all ticketholders will attend matches with family.

The Webb Ellis Cup is due to arrive at Paris Charles De Gaulle airport borne by Tendai Mtawarira, a member of the defending South African team from 2019.

This will be followed by an event at the Monnaie de Paris, France's National Mint, where the RWC medal design will be unveiled and pressed.

There will follow a community event at a school in the northern Paris suburb of Gennevilliers.

The evening will see live projections of iconic landmarks in the nine host cities.

The arrival of the Webb Ellis Cup on top of the Arc de Triomphe will be marked  by a light show and video projection onto the iconic French monument.