The package of the Toulonnais winger Gabin Villière, hit in an ankle on Wednesday during the high intensity training of the Blues gathered in training in Capbreton (Landes), benefits the young Lyonnais, best scorer of the Top 14 tries.
Dumortier "sailed between Lyon and the France team at VII. He made a strong impression when he came to work with us", justified the coach of the Blues Fabien Galthié during a press conference at the Hotel des Bleus in Capbreton.
"We want to push him towards this form of hatching, as is the case today with his club Lyon and in the France team", he added, before specifying to have "a thought" for Gabin Villière, "who did not want to let go of the jersey, who was ready, who came + matcher + during our training sessions, without concession".
With eight tries in eleven matches in the league, plus three in as many Champions Cup matches, Dumortier has been making the noise since the start of the season.
"I don't know if we can talk about the place to take. The objective for me is clearly to shake up the codes but not to skip the stages. I try to do my best and bring my personal touch to this group. “, said, humbly, the Lyonnais trained in Saint-Savin (Isère), at the start of the Blues internship.
The rest of the composition of the XV of France is rather classic, with the tenure in the second line of Toulousain Thibaud Flament (25 years old, 11 caps), who will be associated for only the second time with Paul Willemse.
Composition of the XV of France against Italy: Ramos - Penaud, Moefana, Fickou, Dumortier - (o) Ntamack, (m) Dupont (cap.) - Ollivon, Alldritt, Jelonch - Willemse, Flament - Atonio, J. Marchand , yawns
Subs: Barlot, Wardi, Falatea, Taofifenua, Lavault, Macalou, Le Garrec, Jalibert
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