Hollande had been rushed out of the stadium during an international soccer match on the evening of Nov. 13 last year, when coordinated attacks claimed by Islamic State on bars, restaurants and a concert hall killed 130 in the French capital.
That night, three suicide bombers also blew themselves up outside the stadium where the game between France and Germany was being played.
"I wanted to come back for the first event since these terrible attacks because life must go on, we must not give anything up, and at the same time we must be even more rigorous in terms of security," Hollande told France 2 television at half-time.
Ahead of Saturday`s match, side accesses to the stadium, located to the north of the city, were blocked and all spectators were searched twice before entering the premises as dozens of riot police vans were parked outside.
"I feel safe because we`ve been searched several times, it`s a good thing. Life goes on, there`s a good atmosphere," Salvatore Signorelli, an Italian national who lives in France, told Reuters.
Frederic Boeuf, 50, said: "It`s important that you can go to a stadium safely. Sometimes you go to a stadium, to an event where everyone goes through without being searched. At least here you can come with your family." "We`re not used to seeing so many riot police vans ahead of rugby games but it’s reassuring," said Gerard Risacher, president of the French rugby fans associations.
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