Dylan Cretin established in third line
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“He is there all the time, he trains with us, he is in all the competitions, all the tours.
We played 20 test matches, he has 13 selections… What makes him start is first of all his level of play and the complementarity he can have.
The France team is not the story of a person, it is a search for complementarity, for collective experience.
Cameron Woki reappointed to second line
“There are no players installed in the France team. Cameron is a young player, on the upswing of his development. His presence is explained by the experience of the match against the All Blacks, the fact that he had already played second line in Australia, and the absence of players like Thibaud Flament, who counts in our group for his aerial profile, the injury to Killian Geraci. We studied the possibility of reintegrating Bernard Le Roux, in another profile, but we stopped this composition. With Dylan Cretin, these are two players very involved in the strategy of aerial conquest. You have to find the right balance between power on the ground and air presence. It seems to us that other players can bring a presence on the ground, it seems to me that we have found a balance for this match.
“Matthieu Jalibert is considered a bit fair: he had a succession of injuries, he is fine but we still had to take time.
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Fabien Galthie
Ramos preferred to Jalibert on the bench
“In a bench at 5-3, you have to make choices in the package of forwards.
We will have Romain Taofifenua and François Cros as finishers, we took three three-quarters, which we had not done in November.
We are preparing for all eventualities, with last minute packages: we have a last test on Saturday morning.
We are preparing to modify the lines without harming the confidence of the team.
In training, Maxime Lucu played in 9, Thomas Ramos in 10, Gaël Fickou at the back, Dylan Cretin on a wing, Yoram Moefana, who can cover four positions, with Damian Penaud in the center.
Matthieu Jalibert is considered a little fair: he had a succession of injuries, he is fine but it was still necessary to take time.
Thomas Ramos is better suited to cover two positions.”
The covid players - Dupont, Ntamack, Baille... - lacking in freshness?
“I don't know if freshness is the right word.
The freshness, they will have because they have played little.
It's interesting, it's the first time in the Tournament that we're going to be confronted with this new deal.
Typically, they arrive with ten matches.
The question is rather on the level of form.
Our training method so far has allowed us to get the players ready for Sunday's game in no time.
For Toulouse, we barely had a week but we managed to find the right balance.
It was our best preparation so far.
We are on a mission...”