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Three new caps included by France who change 14 from last outing
By Liam Heagney
Fabien Galthie has named a France team to play Scotland this Saturday that contains 14 changes from their last outing in March.
The French wrapped up their Guinness Six Nations campaign 20 weeks ago with a 41-28 Paris win over Wales and ahead of the upcoming Rugby World Cup that they are hosting, they have unveiled a much-changed XV for their opening Summer Nations Series match.
Only the left wing Ethan Dumortier is retained from the side that secured a second-place championship finish behind Ireland in a revamped selection that includes three new caps, blindside Paul Boudehent, midfielder Emilien Gailleton and right winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey.
The team announcement on Thursday came the day after it emerged that Romain Taofifenua, a starter at second row versus the Welsh, has injured his hamstring and won’t play before France confirm their 33-strong squad on August 21 for the World Cup.
The lock has joined flanker Francois Cros, another starter last March, on the sidelines. Cros has been rehabbing an adductor injury since last week.
France will take on a Scotland team this Saturday that contains 13 changes from their 25-13 home win last Saturday over Italy.
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20 min RC is the only good solution of a bunch of bad solutions. Ridiculous that it has taken this long and caused so many uneven contests. In general these are all very good changes - one is surprised that NH brokers were able to see sense at long last.
Go to commentsa lot of focus on the targeting of south africa, but aspects of this are positive. The croc roll; the offside law; and time limits on set pieces are all good. calling for a mark off kick offs is baffling, but I guess we’ll see how it plays out in practice
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