Toulouse (AFP)
The third line Romane Menager, who has not yet played a match with the XV of France women this season, will return with the Blue as a substitute, like the back Jessy Trémouliere, Saturday (1:00 p.m.) for the revenge against to England at Twickenham.
Held to prepare for the fall matches but forfeit a concussion at the end of September, the third star line of Montpellier, aged 24 and revealed during the 2017 World Cup, reinforces a team outclassed (33-10) by the XV de la Rose Saturday in Grenoble without Trémouliere or Safi N'Diaye, two other executives also back on Saturday.
Despite this failure, manager Annick Hayraud maintained her confidence in eleven of the fifteen holders, including the hinge made up of Caroline Drouin and Laure Sansus.
Three of the four changes come from the three-quarter line where winger Jade Ulutule replaces Marine Menager, Romane's twin sister, and where the center pair composed of Cyrielle Banet and Elise Pignot takes the place of Carla Neisen and Maëlle Filopon.
The fourth change concerns the second row with the return of Safi N'Diaye who takes over the N.5 from Coumba Diallo, replacing.
The starting XV: Izar - Banet, Pignot, Ulutule, Bertrand - (o) Drouin, (m) Sansus - Hermet (cap.), Gros, Mayans - N'Diaye, Ferer - Bernadou, Sochat, Deshayes
Alternates: Touye, Traore, Joyeux, Diallo, R. Menager, Bourdon, Peyronnet, Trémouliere
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