Kumamoto (Japan) (AFP)

The package for the rest of the World Cup right pillar Demba Bamba is "a tear more" for the XV of France after that of Wesley Fofana, said Sunday Captain Guilhem Guirado.

"It's a further tear after Wesley (Fofana), it's always hard for the group because they are players who have worked very hard for two and a half months, three months together," said Guirado at the fan zone "of Kumamoto (southern Japan), where some players went Sunday for some entertainment.

"The group is always a little bruised, it's always difficult, but we know that it can happen and that normally in competitions, it goes very very fast," he added.

The package Bamba (21 years, 7 sel.), Injured in the right thigh Friday in training, was made official Saturday by coaching, which should announce the name of his replacement by Sunday night.

Fofana had forfeited him after the first match of the XV of France - which he did not play - on 21 September (23-21 against Argentina) and was replaced by the young center of Lyon Pierre-Louis Barassi (21 years old, 0 sel.).

The Blues are scheduled to play their second game Wednesday in Fukuoka (south) against the United States.

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