The executives of the XV of France, absent from the first meeting against Scotland (25-21 defeat) last Saturday at Murrayfield, should make their return against this same XV of Chardon on Saturday (9:05 p.m.) in Saint-Étienne, if the we trust this Tuesday’s training in Capbreton (Landes).
“A lot of players that you qualify as premium will be on the match sheet on Saturday to give our team the most opportunities to structure themselves, to evolve,” confirmed scrum specialist coach William Servat after training.
“We are faithful to our thoughts, and to what we had planned to do. There are no upheavals, there is a lot of stability,” continued the former international hooker.
This Tuesday, on the sunny field of Capbreton where the Blues have taken up residence for three weeks, the usual holders wore a white chasuble, like the Toulouse hinge Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack, the pair of experienced centers Gaël Fickou and Jonathan Danty, winger Damian Penaud, 3rd lines Charles Ollivon and Grégory Alldritt and 1st lines Julien Marchand and Cyril Baille.
Four players in care
In the second line, it is the team composed of Thibaud Flament and Cameron Woki, seen last fall against Australia and South Africa, which should start.
Of all the players who played the first game in Edinburgh, in addition to Woki, only the 3rd row Paul Boudehent wore the famous chasuble of the holders, which could earn him a second selection in Forez.
The other young newcomers, Émilien Gailleton and Louis Bielle-Biarrey, also in white on Tuesday, are expected to be among the finishers on Saturday.
Finally, four players were spared on Tuesday and did not take part in this first Landes training session: François Cros (adductor), Romain Taofifenua (thigh), as well as Demba Bamba and Yoan Tanga, slightly affected in Scotland last Saturday.
Probable starting fifteen
France-Scotland (Saturday 9:05 p.m. in Saint-Étienne)
XV of France: Ramos – Penaud, Fickou, Danty, Villière – (o) Ntamack, (m) Dupont (cap.) – Ollivon, Alldritt, Pa. Boudehent – Flament, Woki – Aldegheri, Marchand, Baille.
