The list of players selected by Fabien Galthié to face Wales in Cardiff on Sunday March 10 was revealed this Thursday.
For the penultimate day of the Six Nations Tournament, the French coach decided to recall several players absent since the start of the Tournament due to injuries, starting with the two second lines of Toulouse Thibaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou.
The two Toulouse players, who have not played for several weeks, could make their return to competition with Stade Toulousain this weekend in the Top 14, during the derby against Castres (Saturday 3 p.m.).
Also note the return of Antoine Hastoy, who was one of the players present at the World Cup but had not been called up since the start of the Tournament.
The La Rochelle opener replaces Matthieu Jalibert, whose Tournament is over after his knee injury against Italy.
In the center, in the absence of Jonathan Danty suspended after his red card, Toulouse Pierre-Louis Barassi was summoned.
The XV of France completely missed its start to the Tournament.
He lost in Marseille on February 2 against Ireland (17-38), narrowly won in Scotland (16-20), then obtained a miraculous draw against Italy (13-13).
Worrying in the game, the selection of Fabien Galthié is unrecognizable.
She still seems stunned by her elimination in the quarter-finals of the World Cup last October.
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France must cope without its pair of Toulouse players at the hinge: Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack.
The first chose to join the French rugby sevens team, with a view to the Olympic Games, and the second is still recovering after his cruciate ligament rupture.
Other players were injured during the Tournament, such as captain Grégory Alldritt, absent against Italy, but who returned to the group.
The group of 34
Forwards
: Abadie, Aldegheri, Alldritt (cap.), Atonio, Baille, Boudehent, Colombe, Cros, Flament, Lamothe, Marchand, Mauvaka, Meafou, Ollivon, Priso, Roumat, R. Taofifenua, S. Taofifenua, Tuilagi, Woki.
Backs
: Barassi, Barré, Bielle-Biarrey, Depoortère, Fickou, Gailleton, Gibert, Hastoy, Le Garrec, Lebel, Lucu, Moefana, Penaud, Ramos.