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The XV of France likely against Wales
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of France likely against Wales:
Baille, Marchand, Haouas - Le Roux, Willemse - Cros, Alldritt, Ollivon (cap) - Dupont, Ntamack - Rattez, Fickou, Vakatawa, Thomas - Bouthier.
Replacements:
Gros, Chat, Taofifenua, Bamba, Serin, Ramos, Cretin, Vincent.
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Galthié will have to make choices
Galthié will however be forced to make choices because of the agreement between the LNR and the FFR which limits the internationals to three sheets of matches out of the six on the program for a busy fall.
But it will be later.
The rookies on the first list, George-Henri Colombe (22), Killian Geraci (21), Baptiste Pesenti (23), Selevasio Tolofua (23) or Gabin Villière (24), will have plenty of time to discover the blue jersey.
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Possible replacements
Among the replacements, the MHR player should find the forwards Camille Chat, Jean-Baptiste Gros, Demba Bamba and Romain Taofifenua as well as the backs Baptiste Serin and Thomas Ramos.
For the rest, as he claims since taking office, Fabien Galthié has therefore continued by relying on a hard core and by making changes according to the injuries or misforms of the moment.
During the last tournament, the coach of the Blues repeated wanting to "build a team, cap the players, make them improve their skills".
"The selections are worth gold," he would proclaim at the time.
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A team similar to that against England?
Thus, except last minute surprise, the XV which will start against the Welsh will therefore resemble the one who launched the Galthie era with a victory against England (24-17) on February 2.
Injured against Italy, Vincent Rattez (28 years old, 5 caps), now in Montpellier, will therefore find his place in the wing, just like Racingman TeddyThomas (27 years old, 19 caps), who was not in Scotland.
The center and the captain of the defense Gaël Fickou (26 years old, 55 caps), who had repaired on the wing, finds the flocked jersey of number 12 and sits next to Racing 92 player Virimi Vakatawa (28 years old, 24 caps), sending the former captain of the U20 world champions Arthur Vincent (21 years old, 4 caps) on the bench.
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A list of 23 players to face Wales
They are 31 but, Thursday, at the end of the morning, they will be no more than 23. Fifteen holders and eight substitutes.
230 days after the defeat in Scotland (28-17), the XV of France who will be aligned at the Stade de France on Saturday should be rather familiar with a 100% Toulouse hinge formed by Antoine Dupont (23 years old, 24 caps) and Romain Ntamack (21 years old, 16 selections), captain Charles Ollivon (27 years old, 15 selections) in third row, the Montpellier player and revelation of the last Tournament Anthony Bouthier (28 years old, 4 selections) at the back, or even the inexhaustible Bernard Le Roux (31 years old, 41 selections ), a fresh European Cup finalist with Racing92 in the second row.
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The calendar of the XV of France
The France team has a date on Saturday evening (9:10 p.m.) against Wales in a preparatory match at the Stade de France before hosting Ireland on Saturday October 31 (9:10 p.m.) as part of the last day of the Tournament of Six Nations.
💾 𝙰̀ 𝚂𝙰𝚄𝚅𝙴𝙶𝙰𝚁𝙳𝙴𝚁 𝙰𝙱𝚂𝙾𝙻𝚄𝙼𝙴𝙽𝚃 🔥 Here are the calendars of your #XVdeFrance this fall! 🇫🇷Allez les Bleus!
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Good morning all !
Welcome to the Figaro Sport 24 to follow Fabien Galthié's press conference live.
The coach of the XV of France will announce at 11:00 on the Marcoussis side his list of 23 players to face Wales in a preparatory match on Saturday evening (9:10 p.m.) in a Stade de France behind closed doors.
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