Winger Gabin Villière and fly-half Matthieu Jalibert have been summoned by the staff of the XV of France to prepare for the match against Wales in the Six Nations Tournament, the French Rugby Federation announced on Thursday.
Jalibert (23 years old, 15 selections), embarrassed by his right thigh, had missed the start of the Tournament.
Villière (26, 10 caps) had played the first two matches, notably scoring a hat-trick against Italy before being injured in the face against Ireland.
He hadn't been to Scotland.
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The small novelty of this list is the summoning of the second-line neophyte of Bordeaux-Bègles, Thomas Jolmès (26 years old).
The former Stade Rochelais and RC Toulon player is currently one of UBB's hottest players.
A notable return, that of Racing 92 winger Teddy Thomas (28 years old, 28 caps).
Injured to the adductors, the winger of the Blues had missed the matches against Italy, Ireland and Scotland.
Numerically, Teddy Thomas replaces the winger or rear of Toulon, Aymeric Luc.
Fabien Galthié and his staff will be able to count on their usual executives.
Captain Antoine Dupont (Toulouse, 26, 38 caps), his sidekick Romain Ntamack (Toulouse, 22, 26 caps), full-back Melvyn Jaminet (Perpignan, 22, 9 caps), the third-line Grégory Alldritt (La Rochelle, 24, 29 caps) or the first lines Cyril Baille (Toulouse 28, 34 caps) and Julien Marchand (Toulouse, 26, 19 caps) are logically in the game for challenge the Leek XV.
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This group of 42 players will meet from Saturday at the CNR in Marcoussis to prepare for the trip to the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, during the 4th day of the Six Nations Tournament.
France, the last undefeated team, can still hope to win their first Grand Slam since 2010.
The group of 42 players:
Mainstays:
Uini Atonio (La Rochelle), Cyril Baille (Toulouse), Demba Bamba (Lyon), Sipili Falatea (Clermont), Jean-Baptiste Gros (Toulon), Mohamed Haouas (Montpellier), Jérôme Rey (Lyon)
Hookers:
Gaëtan Barlot (Castres), Julien Marchand (Toulouse), Peato Mauvaka (Toulouse)
Second lines:
Thomas Jolmès (Bordeaux-Bègles) Thibaud Flament (Toulouse), Thomas Lavault (La Rochelle), Romain Taofifenua (Lyon), Paul Willemse (Montpellier)
Third lines:
Grégory Alldritt (La Rochelle), Alexandre Bécognée (Montpellier), Paul Boudehent (La Rochelle), Dylan Cretin (Lyon), François Cros (Toulouse), Anthony Jelonch (Toulouse), Jordan Joseph (Pau ), Cameron Woki (Bordeaux-Bègles)
Scrum-half:
Baptiste Couilloud (Lyon), Antoine Dupont (Toulouse), Maxime Lucu (Bordeaux-Bègles) Fly-half
:
Matthieu Jalibert (Bordeaux-Bègles), Romain Ntamack (Toulouse)
Centers:
Pierre-Louis Barassi (Lyon), Jonathan Danty (La Rochelle), Jules Favre (La Rochelle), Gaël Fickou (Racing 92), Yoram Moefana (Bordeaux-Bègles), Virimi Vakatawa (Racing 92)
Wingers:
Matthis Lebel (Toulouse) , Damian Penaud (Clermont), Teddy Thomas (Racing 92), Gabin Villière (Toulon)
Backs:
Brice Dulin (La Rochelle), Melvyn Jaminet (Perpignan), Thomas Ramos (Toulouse)
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