The steering committee behind France’s bid to stage the 2023 rugby World Cup has revealed the 12 host cities should the campaign be successful.

Recently-built stadium’s such as Lyon’s Parc OL (59,000-capacity) and Bordeaux’s Matmut Atlantic (42,000-capacity) – designed by Populous and Herzog & de Meuron respectively – are part of the line-up.

Both Paris stadiums – the 80,000-seat Stade de France and the Parc de Princes – will host matches, with the former likely to stage the final.

The north of the nation will be represented by Lens’ Bollaert-Delelis Stadium, Lille’s Stadium Pierre-Mauroy and the Stadium of the Beaujoire in Nantes.

Southern stadiums such as Marseille’s Orange Velodrome, Montpellier’s Stadium of the Mosson, Nice’s Allianz Riviera, Saint Etienne’s Stadium GeoFFRoy-Guichard and the Stadium of Toulouse makes up the list.

According to the French Rugby Federation’s (FFR) steering committee, the bid will provide a “greater capacity for general spectators” than rival bids as well as “the largest hotel capacity”.

Ireland and South Africa have rivalled France as potential tournament hosts.

“We were able to see from the reading of the commitments received that the French candidacy has met with wide support among elected representative of the major French cities and metropolises,” said FFR president Bernard Laporte.