Fabien Galthié hammers it quite often.
The coach of the Blues is not a follower of the upheaval and he should prove it again this Thursday in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) when announcing his team composition to face Italy in Rome, this Saturday opening of the Six Nations Tournament.
For a year, he has freed his framework and is now limited to adjustments when necessary.
The packages of Toulousain Romain Ntamack and Racingman Virimi Vakatawa are not a source of questions.
The Bordeaux opener Matthieu Jalibert and the three-quarter center of Montpellier Arthur Vincent should be aligned in Rome.
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The main unknown concerns the third line.
In the absence of Toulousain François Cros, Bordeaux driver Cameron Woki and Lyonnais Dylan Cretin are fighting for the place alongside Charles Ollivon and Grégory Alldritt.
If the latter, who underwent arthroscopy of the right knee ten days ago, is too fair, he will leave his position of No. 8 to Castres Anthony Jelonch.
“I was treated in La Rochelle last week, I resumed racing last weekend and this week I trained normally with the group and I feel very good, however, underlined Alldritt on Wednesday .
I no longer have knee pain.
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Gabin Villière in place of Teddy Thomas?
At the back, his La Rochelle teammate Brice Dulin holds the rope in front of Montpellier's Anthony Bouthier, less in sight in a club in the midst of a crisis, even if Galthié has always made him his holder until then.
On the wings, the Clermontois Damian Penaud should make his return and the Toulonnais Gabin Villière, revelation of the fall, should beat the pawn to Racingman Teddy Thomas within this XV of France designated by his opponents as the favorite of the Tournament.
“The favorite label, we haven't talked about it between us,” says Alldritt.
We certainly played good matches last year but we didn't win anything.
It was encouraging because we could see that we could compete with the best European teams.
But we still have everything to do.
We came back to the idea of progressing again and again, of working hard and of course winning games.
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The probable team
Dulin - Penaud, Vincent, Fickou, Villière - (o) Jalibert, (m) Dupont - Ollivon (cap.), Alldritt (or Jelonch), Woki - Willemse, Le Roux - Haouas, Marchand, Baille.