Isabelle Ithurburu announced the big news in May 2023. After several years of good and loyal service on Canal+, she had decided to leave the group. Saturday June 17, 2023, she therefore presented her last issue of the Channel Rugby Club, live from the Stade de France. At the end of this final show, her team had paid her a beautiful tribute which resulted in her breaking down in tears. “Thank you guys. It’s just a little goodbye. Thank you for your kindness! I’m not going very far, and maybe even… I’ll come back”, she had launched, very moved. Not very far, it’s TF1 because the channel wants to give more visibility to rugby. Saturday August 12, 2023, Isabelle Ithurburu also took her first steps on the front page, after the France-Scotland rugby match.. The host will also take control of the show 50′ inside, in place of Nikos Aliagas. On the occasion of this new era, the presenter confided on Friday August 11, 2023 to our colleagues from Diverto. “It was not an easy decision to make, after fourteen years in a chain that taught me everything and always treated me well”reminded the one we call “Madam Rugby”. “It took me three months to make up my mind, I drove people a little crazy”she added with a laugh.
Isabelle Ithurburu is confident with 50’Inside
If she decided to take the leap, it was because she was seduced by the confidence that TF1 granted him.“I felt that I was called to take on real responsibilities”she explained, before going into more detail: “This is the playground offered by TF1with all the possible exercises in different registers, in the years to come, which made me take this decision. 50′ insideit’s the beginning, a cult show, installed, which launches me into a field other than sport. It’s safe for me, much more than a new concept that might not work. Because I will also discover the pressure of the audiences (laughs). It allows me to enter gently into the people who are watching TF1.” As for the start of the Rugby World Cup, Isabelle Ithurburu seems very excited. “I had the chance to do World Cups on Canal+, but it was not at that level. We are going to be with people, live and bring to life emotions. The enthusiasm around this generation of the France team is enormous, because it wins, and that we can really be world champions“she explained.