France name team to visit Ireland in Six Nations round two
Fabien Galthie has named a France team to play Ireland this Saturday in Dublin that shows no changes from last Sunday’s Guinness Six Nations round one win over Italy in Rome. The French stumbled to a 29-24 Stadio Olimpico success, but Galthie has responded by keeping faith with the same starting XV.
The only two alterations take place on the bench where back-rower Francois Cros and scrum-half Baptiste Couilloud are named as replacements in place of Thomas Lavault and Nolann Le Garrec, subs who didn't get to play in Rome.
FRANCE (vs Ireland, Saturday - 2:15pm): T Ramos; D Penaud, G Fickou, Y Moefana, E Dumortier; R Ntamack, A Dupont; C Baille, J Marchand, U Atonio, T Flament, P Willemse, A Jelonch, C Ollivon, G Alldritt. Reps: G Barlot, R Wardi, S Falatea, R Taofifenua, F Cros, S Macalou, B Couilloud, M Jalibert.
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How about a SH type of Champions Cup? I'm not going to repeat the whole response here, but did write what I think would be good. Not only for NZ, but all of the SH. I would however love to hear your thoughts on such a competition
Go to commentsCan’t really complain about those scores. Individually, too many were off their best and went missing in big, match defining moments. Collectively, the team often looked muddled and lacked cool-headed, leadership especially in the final quarter of games. This was further compounded by a quality drop-off from the bench.
Calls for Borthwick’s dismissal have grown increasingly louder with each passing game as he has been shown to be tactically and selectively subpar. His position is now in the balance and I don’t believe he’ll be kept on unless England fix their defensive issues and beat at least one of Ireland, France or Scotland in the 6Ns, which on the latest showing looks increasingly unlikely.
Couple of returning players in Chessum and Mitchell coupled with a stronger bench, might give England fans a few reasons to remain optimistic.
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