2023-04-27 19:19:19
A few alterations in order to dream of the feat. Les Bleues, who challenge England, favorites in the Grand Slam race, on the last day of the Tournament this Saturday (2 p.m.) in Twickenham, made four changes to the victorious starting XV of the Welsh last Sunday at Grenoble (39-14). In addition to the returns of Bourdon behind the scrum and Feleu in the second line, the two other changes concern the third line, where Axelle Berthoumieu, absent from the team sheet in Isère, relegates Romane Ménager to the bench, while the pillar Rose Bernadou , who scored his first try in the blue jersey on Sunday, will celebrate his first start in the Tournament at Twickenham.
France, second (19 points) in the standings behind England (20 pts), will try in the “temple of rugby”, where more than 53,000 people are expected, to win its first Grand Slam since 2018 against the “Red Roses”. “, quadruple defending champions. “We bet a lot this week on the regeneration of our players… Of course, the event is going to be fabulous, we talked about it but we are waiting to live it above all”, affirmed the co-trainer of the Blue ones, Gaëlle Mignot in conference Press. Pauline Bourdon (27, Stade Toulousain, 48 caps.), absent against Wales after being the victim of a crutch against Scotland (55-0), logically regains her starting position in n ° 9 and will form the hinge with the usher Jessy Trémoulière.
Her replacement in Grenoble, Alexandra Chambon (22 years old, Grenoble, 13 selections) therefore joins the bench, alongside the pillar Assia Khalfaoui (22 years old, Stade Bordelais, 14 selections), who was in the starting XV on Sunday as well. Charlotte Escudero (22, Blagnac, 11 caps), who replaced Romane Ménager (26, Montpellier, 56 caps) in n°8, forfeited through injury, during the first three matches of the Tournament, before being moved to the wing against Wales, resumed its place, relegating the powerful Montpellier on the bench.
She will be surrounded by Berthoumieu (22 years old, Blagnac, 11 selections) and Gaëlle Hermet (26 years old, Stade Toulousain, 54 selections). In the second line, Manaé Feleu (23 years old, Grenoble, 8 selections), substitute in Grenoble, where Maëlle Picut (23 years old, Blagnac, 4 selections) had honored her second tenure in a row, finds her position alongside captain Audrey Forlani. “Since the start of this Tournament, our overall vision has been to have a starting XV as strong as the finishing XV. The team is composed to have the maximum balance on all lines, “said co-trainer David Ortiz, praising the “depth of the bench” tricolor.
The France team against England: Boulard – Banet, M. Ménager, Vernier, Llorens – (o) Trémoulière, (m) Bourdon – Hermet, Escudero, Berthoumieu – Forlani (cap.), Feleu – Bernadou, Sochat, Brosseau. Substitutes: Riffonneau, Mwayembe, Khalfaoui, Menager, Gros, Chambon, Arbez, Filopon.
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