A heavy blow for Fabien Galthié and the XV of France on the eve of the crunch counting for the 6 nations tournament. Damian Penaud was injured and will be unavailable against England. He felt muscle discomfort in Saturday's training at Stade de France and will be replaced on the wing by Vincent Rattez.
“He experienced muscle discomfort at the very start of the warm-up. He is currently undergoing control exams. We will see the outcome of these exams, "explained the general manager of the France team Raphaël Ibanez, a few minutes before the package for Clermontois, who suffers from an injury, according to RMC radio.
Penaud expands injured list
It is a new blow for the Blues: after the packages of the hooker Camille Chat (Racing 92), the third line Dylan Cretin (Lyon), the rear Kylan Hamdaoui (Stade français) or the pillar Wilfrid Hounkpatin (Castres) . Rattez will experience his first tenure after having started his three selections, facing South Africa twice in 2017 and facing Wales in 2019, on the bench.
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