Stade Rochelais third-row center Grégory Alldritt has replaced Antoine Dupont as France's captain. “I am not an Anglo-Saxon captain or a French captain.

I'm trying to do a little mix. I had the chance, in La Rochelle, to rub shoulders with great French players and great foreign players,” he says. ‘I don’t feel any negative pressure, nor a stressed or unwell group. We worked well, we are confident in our strategy,’ he adds.