The usual captain of the French XV, Antoine Dupont is not playing the VI Nations Tournament with the Blues since he is preparing for the rugby 7s event at the Olympic Games. “You miss only one being, and everything is depopulated”, here is the famous saying of Alphonse de Lamartine which could very well be applied to the XV of France.
The Blues sank on Friday at the opening of the Six Nations Tournament against Ireland (38-17), the largest home defeat for more than 'a century'