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XV of France: Baptiste Serin captain against Italy

2020-11-24T11:11:21.448Z


Scrum-half Baptiste Serin will replace Charles Ollivon as captain of the Blues against Italy on Saturday night at the Stade de France.


According to an agreement signed between the LNR and the FFR, internationals are limited to three matches this fall.

Charles Ollivon, holder and captain since the arrival of Fabien Galthié in early 2020, is therefore forced to give up his place.

And it is his partner in Toulon who replaces him for the last match of the group stage, Saturday night against the Italians.

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At 26 years old and 38 caps, Serin is one of the most experienced players called on by the staff to prepare for this meeting of the Autumn Nations Cup, which includes sixteen players without selection.

Of his 38 selections, the former Bordeaux-Bègles player, who joined Toulon this season, has only held 14 times, the last against Tonga (23-21) at the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

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You, we're going to ask you a lot

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Charles Ollivon

“Baptiste is evolving in a pivotal position, with responsibilities to take on the field.

It was felt that his experience, his leadership in the living environment could help new and young.

It seemed logical to us, justified the manager of the Blues Raphaël Ibanez.

In this group, there are players who are capped, others who are not.

It's about seizing the opportunity.

We are in a very special week, it will go very quickly. ”

The Blues were gathered in Marcoussis on Monday in order to meet all together.

The opportunity for the group to welcome new players and for Charles Ollivon to symbolically pass on his captain's armband.

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During the handover, Charles Ollivon had words of support for his club partner and successor to the armband.

“I have 100% confidence in you, you know that, the third row (27 years old, 17 caps) told him.

You, we're going to ask a lot of you.

Everyone will ask a lot of you. ”

Captain for one meeting

Baptiste Serin will however be captain of the XV of France for only one meeting since the scrum half, usual replacement for Antoine Dupont, has already participated in two matches with victories against Wales (38-21), in match preparation, then against Ireland (35-27), to complete the 2020 Six Nations Tournament.

After this third match sheet, Serin will also have to hand over the captaincy for the last match of the Autumn Nations Cup, the final most certainly against England, on December 6 at Twickenham.

Probably to Romain Ntamack who should return to the group for this last outing of the year.

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Source: lefigaro

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