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Bruising France and Springboks encounter takes toll as injuries pile up
By Josh Raisey
The physical nature of the Quilter Nations Series encounter between France and South Africa on Saturday has taken its toll, with Fabien Galthie losing his second starter from the defeat.
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A day after France confirmed that No.8 Mickaël Guillard had withdrawn from the squad with Pierre Bochaton taking his place, loosehead prop Baptiste Erdocio has also been replaced in the squad by Dany Priso.
The Montpellier prop has picked up a knee injury, although he was originally named in the squad that will prepare to take on Fiji this weekend, suggesting the injury may have come in training.
These are just the latest additions to what is an ever-increasing injury list for Les Bleus, with several superstars members of that list.
South Africa, meanwhile, have escaped from the contest unscathed, though they wait to hear the outcome of Lood de Jager’s hearing following his red card.
“We have a lot of sore bodies, so recovery has been massive for us, but we have no injury concerns,” said assistant coach Tony Brown.
“Obviously, Lood has to go through a hearing, so we won’t find out if he’s available for selection until after that.”
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Updated France squad
Forwards
Dorian Aldegheri (Toulouse)
Grégory Alldritt (La Rochelle)
Hugo Auradou (Pau)
Pierre Bochaton (Bordeaux-Bègles)
Paul Boudehent (La Rochelle)
Esteban Capilla (Bayonne)
Guillaume Cramont (Toulouse)
Thibaud Flament (Toulouse)
Jean-Baptiste Gros (Toulon)
Oscar Jegou (La Rochelle)
Anthony Jelonch (Toulouse)
Thomas Laclayat (Pau)
Maxime Lamothe (Bordeaux-Bègles)
Julien Marchand (Toulouse)
Jimi Maximin (Pau)
Emmanuel Meafou (Toulouse)
Régis Montagne (Clermont)
Rodrigue Neti (Toulouse)
Charles Ollivon (Toulon)
Dany Priso (Toulon)
Emerick Setiano (Bayonne)
Romain Taofifenua (Racing 92)
Cameron Woki (Bordeaux-Bègles)
Backs
Grégoire Arfeuil (Pau)
Pierre-Louis Barassi (Toulouse)
Louis Bielle-Biarrey (Bordeaux-Bègles)
Fabien Brau-Boirie (Pau)
Théo Chabouni (Castres)
Nicolas Depoortere (Bordeaux-Bègles)
Gaël Drean (Toulon)
Gaël Fickou (Racing 92)
Emilien Gailleton (Pau)
Aaron Grandidier Nkanang (Pau)
Baptiste Jauneau (Clermont)
Nolann Le Garrec (La Rochelle)
Maxime Lucu (Bordeaux-Bègles)
Romain Ntamack (Toulouse)
Damian Penaud (Bordeaux-Bègles)
Thomas Ramos (Toulouse)
Joris Segonds (Bayonne)
Ugo Seunes (Racing 92)
Cheick Tiberghien (Bayonne)
