A change in the starting team, another in the substitutes, or rather the finishers in the language of Fabien Galthié.

The coaching did not revolutionize the XV of France which will face Japan in Tokyo on Saturday morning (7:50 a.m. French time), a week after the first success against the Japanese (23-42).

At the back, Racingman Max Spring (21) succeeds Perpignan and future Toulousain Melvyn Jaminet (22), who remained on 12 tenures.

“He entered the locker room, as they say,” explained Galthié, about the Basque, born to a New Zealand father and a French mother.

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“Performances mean that he came to look for the jersey: he started with Racing 92, he chained performances with his club.

He was called up with the Barbarians [52-21 victory against England before the tour in Japan], where he started at the back and had a very big game.

And then the training he did with us, even though he hadn't taken part in the first week of work [because of the Covid]…”

Lucu promoted to goalscorer

In the absence of Jaminet, scrum half Maxime Lucu will be the scorer for the Blues on Saturday.

On the bench, the 3rd row of Racing 92 Ibrahim Diallo (24 years old, 1 selection) takes over from Toulouse Selevasio Tolofua (25 years old, 2 selections).

If the XV of France has a tenth victory in a row, it will be a first in the modern era.

It will even be an unprecedented record since a series established between 1931 and 1937, to be put into perspective since marked by 8 successes against Germany, at a time when the Tricolores had been excluded from the V Nations Tournament, due to violence. and disguised professionalism.

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