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France team named - Bastareaud to captain

France centre Mathieu Bastareaud

Mathieu Bastareaud will captain France in place of the injured Guilhem Guirado as Jacques Brunel makes three changes for their final 2018 Six Nations fixture against Wales.

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Hooker Guirado has been ruled out with a knee problem and his place is taken by Adrien Pelissie, with bruising centre Bastareaud to lead the side in Cardiff on Saturday.

Gael Fickou is selected on the wing, from where Benjamin Fall moves to full-back with Hugo Bonneval missing out due to a failed head injury assessment, and Cedate Gomes Sa replaces Rabah Slimani in the front row.

Les Bleus, who ended England’s faint title hopes with a 22-16 victory in Paris last weekend, are one of four sides – along with opponents Wales – who can finish second behind champions Ireland, who are chasing the Grand Slam at Twickenham.

 

France: Benjamin Fall, Gael Fickou, Mathieu Bastareaud (captain), Geoffrey Doumayrou, Remy Grosso, Francois Trinh-Duc, Maxime Machenaud; Jefferson Poirot, Adrien Pelissie, Cedate Gomes Sa, Paul Gabrillagues, Sebastien Vahaamahina, Wenceslas Lauret, Yacouba Camara, Marco Tauleigne.

Replacements: Camille Chat, Dany Priso, Rabah Slimani, Bernard Le Roux, Mathieu Babillot, Baptiste Couilloud, Lionel Beauxis, Geoffrey Palis.

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“Should’ve won 2-0” like they didn’t snatch their only win at the death of the game. I’d also like to emphasise Ireland were ending their season in SA, and so had oppurtunity to blood new players and create new systems. SA hadn’t played together since the RWC Final.


This Australian team is a lot better than what the rankings, and last years results, show. I love stats, and I love rankings, but honestly this Australian team is better than Scotland and England. I’m gonna go ahead and do a theoretical ranking of each player group in the top 10 just to prove a point.


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8. Fiji

9. Scotland

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4. France

5. Argentina

6. Ireland

7. England

8. Australia

9. Fiji

10. Italy


Centre

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2. Ireland

3. Argentina

4. Australia

5. France

6. Scotland

7. NZ

8. Fiji

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10. Italy


Outside Back

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2. France

3. Australia

4. SA

5. Argentina

6. Fiji

7. Scotland

8. Ireland

9. England

10. Italy


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NZ = 17

SA = 17

France = 25

Ireland = 32

Australia = 33

Argentina = 38

England = 48

Scotland = 50

Fiji = 59

Italy = 66


You can go ahead and point out anything you think is wrong, and I will have an intellectual argument about it. But my ranking reflects the world rankings while keeping my own opinions and truths valid, like Australia being slightly better than Argentina, England, and Scotland, and only slightly worse than this current Irish outfit.

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