France blitz Japan on Antoine Dupont’s return to facet | EUROtoday

There are loads of modifications from France’s final match over the summer time as Fabien Galthie remembers lots of his star gamers. Toulouse’s Thomas Ramos has been chosen at fly-half forward of Bordeaux’s Matthieu Jalibert. Romain Ntamack is unavailable because of a calf harm. Antoine Dupont is again from his exploits over the summer time on the Paris Olympics and captains the facet from scrum-half.

France beginning XV: 15 Leo Barre, 14 Théo Attissogbé, 13 Émilien Gailleton, 12 Yoram Morgana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Thomas Ramos, 9 Antoine Dupont (captain), 8 Grégory Alldritt, 7 Alexandre Roumat, 6 François Crosel, 5 Emma Afou, 4 Meafou Thibaud Flament, 3 Tevita Tatafu, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros.

Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Reda Wardi, 18 Georges-Henri Colombe, 19 Mickaël Guillard, 20 Paul Boudehent, 21 Maxime Lucu, 22 Matthieu Jalibert, 23 Gaël Fickou.

Japan beginning XV: 15 Malo Tuitama, 14 Jone Nakiabula, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Siosaia Fifita, 11 Tomoki Osada, 10 Harumichi Tatekawa (captain), 9 Naoto Saito, 8 Faula Makisi, 7 Kazuki Himeno, 6 Kanji Shimokawa, 5 Warner Deans, 4 Epineri Uluiviti , 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Mamoru Harada, 1 Takato Okabe.

Replacements: 16 Kenta Masuoka, 17 Yukio Morikawa, 18 Keijiro Tamefusa, 19 Amato Fakatava, 20 Tevita Tatafu, 21 Shinobu Fujiwara, 22 Yusuke Kajimura, 23 Takuro Matsunaga.