Fabien Galthié is looking for a strong man to hold the blue house. Good right pillars, basic players in any closed scrum, are rare in France.
Behind Uini Atonio, a colossus of New Zealand origin weighing 145 kg and 1.97 m, the next generation is not revealed. Neither Dorian Aldegheri nor Demba Bamba, often injured, nor Mohamed Haouas, convicted by the courts for domestic violence, have established themselves as reliable understudies.