Yes, I’m getting a little fired up. Let’s say that as the Blues play their first preparation match for this long-awaited World Cup (September 8 – October 28), there is a scent of competition that hovers over this “friendly” meeting at Murrayfield. Compared to the holders during the Six Nations Tournament, only winger Ethan Dumortier, the least installed of the lot, will start against Scotland, which Fabien Galthié’s players will find next Saturday in Saint-Etienne.
If some (Jalibert, Macalou, Woki, Bourgarit…) should be part of the final list, reduced from 42 to 33, which will be communicated on August 21, others have everything to gain, or to lose. We are of course thinking of the rookies Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Émilien Gailleton and Paul Boudehent.
“Because we rarely get bored in a match with Scotland, we meet at 4 p.m.