Fabien Galthié warned Monday during the France-England debrief. “The selections are worth gold. The idea is to build a team, and for that you have to capture the players, make them gain in skills, explained the coach. Turning to turn is not the strategy. ”
The composition of the XV of France for the second day of the VI Nations Tournament against Italy, announced this Friday, illustrates this strategy well. The staff made only one change, forced by the injury of Virimi Vakatawa: Arthur Vincent, captain of the world champions of the under 20 years in 2019, enters the center.
🇫🇷🇮🇹 LA COMPO DES BLEUS!
💥 Here are the 23 players who will face Italy on Sunday!
Come and encourage them, there are still places!
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It will be the first tenure for Vincent, who entered for the last two minutes of the match on Sunday. He had thus celebrated his very first cape, like his teammates in Montpellier Anthony Bouthier and Mohamed Haouas (25 years old).
As against the English, the hinge, composed by Antoine Dupont (23 years, 21 selections) at the post of scrum half and Romain Ntamack (20 years, 13 selections) at the opening, will be 100% Toulouse.
The starting XV: Bouthier - Thomas, A. Vincent, Fickou, Rattez - (o) Ntamack, (m) Dupont - Ollivon (cap), Alldritt, Cros - Willemse, Le Roux - Haouas, Marchand, Baille
Substitutes: Mauvaka, Poirot, Bamba, Taofifenua, Palu, Woki, Serin, Jalibert
Reservists: Baubigny, Antonio, Ngandebe, Heriteau, Ramos
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