France vs Springboks
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Predicted France team: Antoine Dupont trains as one BIG question mark remains after Fabien Galthie ditches 7-1 split for Springboks
Antoine Dupont has been spotted training with the squad as Fabien Galthie is set to make some big selections calls.
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Kolisi 100th test
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Rassie Erasmus will show his hand later in the week.
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@OomPB said in France vs Springboks:
Kolisi 100th test
Springbok captain 100th test, what could go wrong.
He’s got
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@ACT-Crusader Everything can go wrong. This make France the clear favorites.
This will show if the Springboks moved forward since the WC tournament. Will love to see Rassie throw the youngsters in the starting XV and the old hands to finish strong.
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FRANCE – 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Gaël Fickou (c), 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Nolann Le Garrec, 8 Mickaël Guillard, 7 Paul Boudehent, 6 Anthony Jelonch, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Régis Montagne, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Baptiste Erdocio.
Bench: 16 Guillaume Cramont, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Romain Taofifénua, 20 Hugo Auradou, 21 Oscar Jegou, 22 Maxime Lucu, 23 Nicolas Depoortere. -
Kolisi celebrates 100 as Erasmus makes switches for France showdown
Siya Kolisi will become the ninth Springbok centurion when he leads South Africa out against France at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday, with Bok coach Rassie Erasmus – who will guide the side in his 50th Test as head coach – making six personnel changes to the side that defeated Japan last...
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@OomPB said in France vs Springboks:
FRANCE – 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Gaël Fickou (c), 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Nolann Le Garrec, 8 Mickaël Guillard, 7 Paul Boudehent, 6 Anthony Jelonch, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Régis Montagne, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Baptiste Erdocio.
Bench: 16 Guillaume Cramont, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Romain Taofifénua, 20 Hugo Auradou, 21 Oscar Jegou, 22 Maxime Lucu, 23 Nicolas Depoortere.19, 20, 21 and 23 is some decent impact. Big units in there to bash it up
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@pakman yes.niggle
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@Smuts said in France vs Springboks:
Anyone got any perspective on the props & 7/8? Did they okay in the summer against the ABs?
backline is predictably terrifying.
Number 8 is top notch, and caused ABs problems in June. All French loosies are big units, and (SA style) 7 has played a few tests.
LH is short in quite typical French style and was solid but not spectacular in June.
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@pakman said in France vs Springboks:
@Smuts said in France vs Springboks:
Anyone got any perspective on the props & 7/8? Did they okay in the summer against the ABs?
backline is predictably terrifying.
Number 8 is top notch, and caused ABs problems in June. All French loosies are big units, and (SA style) 7 has played a few tests.
LH is short in quite typical French style and was solid but not spectacular in June.
Thanks - watched highlights of eight. Looks handy. Remember the frog props from the summer. Not hugely impressive.
I’m excited to see how boks approach this game. My guess is they’ll want to move the Frog pack around - force them to work, with lots of mauls and long scrums. Try to keep the ball in play. With back three given licence to counter from deeper than usual. Worked pretty well in the QF. That’s why he’s got a whole tightfive on the bench.
Also expect lots of traffic down ntamack’s channel. Apart from our 10 being our best ball runner, DDA’s backed up by Andre T Giant on the bench, and anyway you can’t go wide all the time if your loosies are all playing 80.
Saturday can’t come fast enough.
