Redemption time. Two weeks after a sadly historic draw against Italy (13-13), the French XV travel to Wales, Sunday March 10 (at 4 p.m., live on France 2 and france.tv) as part of the 4th day of the Six Nations Tournament. This is a meeting between two broken selections, since the XV du Leek and the Blues occupy the last two places.
Finally deliver a complete match
Very inconsistent since the start of the Tournament, the Blues have posted a balanced balance sheet: a defeat against Ireland (17-38), a victory in Scotland (20-16) then a draw against Italy. But the overall content proves insufficient for these unrecognizable French people, far from the spectacular face of the previous four years.
Day of premieres
In a reshuffled team, with eight changes in total, the French staff decided to launch three new players. The second row Emmanuel Meafou (25 years old), the center Nicolas Depoortere (21 years old) and the back Léo Barré (21 years old) will honor their first cape, while the right pillar George-Henri Colombe (25 years old) should come into play. course of play. Coming off the bench during the first two matches, scrum half Nolann Le Garrec (21 years old) will start for the first time.
A fanny, but eye-catching Wales
The only team still in the running for the Wooden Spoon, Wales is in last place in the rankings. But Warren Gatland’s men have three bonus points, which says a lot about their aggression. On the verge of overthrowing Scotland (26-27, after being led 0-27), they led for a long time in England (14-16) and caused problems for Ireland despite a large defeat (7-31 ). Distrust, therefore.