Northern Edition
Select Edition
Northern Northern
Southern Southern
Global Global
New Zealand New Zealand
France France
23 - 17
FT
24 - 10
FT
33 - 31
FT
25 - 23
FT
35 - 26
FT
35 - 31
FT
24 - 20
FT
45 - 14
FT
24 - 20
FT
17 - 21
FT
42 - 17
FT
Tomorrow
05:30
Tomorrow
05:30
Tomorrow
06:00
Tomorrow
07:00
Tomorrow
07:00
Tomorrow
07:00
Tomorrow
07:05
Tomorrow
07:35
Tomorrow
07:35
Tomorrow
07:35
Tomorrow
07:35
Tomorrow
08:00
Tomorrow
09:30
Tomorrow
10:00
Tomorrow
11:45
Tomorrow
12:00
Sunday
07:00
Sunday
12:05
Rugby World Cup

Dupont rested as France ring the changes for Uruguay

Antoine Dupont/ PA

France head coach Fabien Galthie has made wholesale changes to his squad to face Uruguay on Thursday following their win over the All Blacks in the opening round of the World Cup.

ADVERTISEMENT

Changes were expected with only a six day turnaround after facing one of the fellow tournament favourites. With Uruguay ranked 17th in the world rankings, they pose less of a threat than New Zealand, which provides Galthie the perfect opportunity to rest some of his players.

Captain Antoine Dupont headlines the names to drop out of the squad, as the scrum-half is replaced by Maxime Lucu. No.8 Anthony Jelonch takes over the captaincy, making his first appearance since an ACL injury in the Six Nations.

France XV
15. Melvyn Jaminet
14. Louis Bielle-Biarrey
13. Arthur Vincent
12. Yoram Moefana
11. Gabin Villiere
10. Antoine Hastoy
9. Maxime Lucu
1. Jean-Baptiste Gros
2. Pierre Bourgarit
3. Dorian Aldegheri
4. Cameron Woki
5. Romain Taofifenua
6. Paul Boudehent
7. Sekou Macalou
8. Anthony Jelonch

Replacements
16. Peato Mauvaka
17. Reda Wardi
18. Sipili Falatea
19. Bastien Chalureau
20. Thibaud Flament
21. Francois Cros
22. Baptiste Couilloud
23. Thomas Ramos

ADVERTISEMENT
Play Video
LIVE

{{item.title}}

Trending on RugbyPass

1

Fissler Confidential: Bears' fight to keep LRZ, England star on the move

3
2

High-flying Stormers suffer Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu injury blow

1
3

Sale Sharks' latest accounts make for grim reading

5
4

Hollie Davidson to make yet more history at the 2026 Six Nations

6
5

Sione Fukofuka named new Scotland head coach

6

All Blacks: Five possible targets for the vacant assistant coach role

17
7

England and Sale Sharks come to the same conclusion over George Ford

2
8

'He is the most respected individual I've ever seen inside the All Blacks'

5

Comments

1 Comment
Load More Comments

Join free and tell us what you really think!

Sign up for free
ADVERTISEMENT

Latest Long Reads

LONG READ

'To lose one Welsh captain is unfortunate; to lose two might be considered a bit careless'

The departures of Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake has only fuelled the sense of anger and uncertainty over the future of Ospreys.

1
LONG READ

How Glasgow found the bleu-print for beating Toulouse

Extreme precision at the ruck allowed Glasgow to remove the jackaling juggernauts from the Toulouse arsenal.

19
LONG READ

Josh Macleod: Scarlets captain 'cracking on' as D-day looms for his region

With one Welsh region set to be culled, the four sides do battle over the festive period with their very futures at stake.

Comments on RugbyPass

N
N T 14 minutes ago
Top 100 Men's Rugby Players 2025 | Best Rugby Player in the World | RugbyPass

Where's yours mate?

103 Go to comments
N
N T 15 minutes ago
Top 100 Men's Rugby Players 2025 | Best Rugby Player in the World | RugbyPass

They did, you can see a lot of thought went in on it. Never easy to make an opinion that suits everyone!

103 Go to comments
N
N T 16 minutes ago
Top 100 Men's Rugby Players 2025 | Best Rugby Player in the World | RugbyPass

Rugbypass upped the stats game in the last few years, best place for fixtures and player stats hands down

103 Go to comments
J
JW 32 minutes ago
Springboks rule the skies as access law leads to more kicking

Yeah same! I’ve thought they were interesting enough to look for but in general my summation is that they are normal fairly minor even irrelevant factors, if not that I just plain disagree with him.

That could be me of course, he has a word limit so can’t really go on and on explaining the importance of the things he points out and I suspect you really have to almost avoid enjoying a game to catch things like who was doing what in a lineout. I was always a bit of a ball watcher though, still nice that some else feels as unenlightened!



...

37 Go to comments
J
JW 51 minutes ago
Six favours the All Blacks need from Santa's little helpers

ABs are clearly #2 atm. What do you mean turned over? That was a very even game without all that went against them.

Theres nothing to show that England can do the same. England are a little like SA in that they don’t know what there best team is yet I suppose, they might be able to offer a lot better than what they did.



...

17 Go to comments
J
JW 54 minutes ago
Six favours the All Blacks need from Santa's little helpers

HH as stoic as the SB! Santas littles helpers would be doing the normal wishes of teams, we need the big man himself this year!

17 Go to comments
J
JW 56 minutes ago
Six favours the All Blacks need from Santa's little helpers

Even if they were they also weren’t in the losses in Londen and Wellington.

17 Go to comments
J
JW 58 minutes ago
Six favours the All Blacks need from Santa's little helpers

You don’t need IQ to work out that you need to give it a go. That’s his stumbling block, loyalty, pride etc, once he overcomes that we’ll see if he’s got the IQ to make it work.

17 Go to comments
J
JW 1 hour ago
Six favours the All Blacks need from Santa's little helpers

I think that fire has gone from him tbh. Yes, I think he’s continuing because he’s asked to do it, but the second its said that it didn’t work and theyre going to challenge their own idea on how to play and use. Then he will quickly retire instead of provide peicemeal options for a coach.

17 Go to comments
J
JW 1 hour ago
Six favours the All Blacks need from Santa's little helpers



Be in charge, give an air of actual authority. Let everyone with a stake in this great game know that you have a plan and are executing it.

Who’s plan, Robinsons? No one new is going to have a plan, at least you would hope not given they wouldn’t even know what theyre doing yet.



...

17 Go to comments
J
Jen 1 hour ago
Six Wallabies abroad who must come into the reckoning in 2026

HAH. I’m not sure but certainly worth some digging, just in case. 😆

10 Go to comments
J
JW 1 hour ago
Six Wallabies abroad who must come into the reckoning in 2026

One of our Lomax relatives Jen? Eligible for the All Blacks? :D

10 Go to comments
E
ED 2 hours ago
Leinster vs Ulster | Ulster vs Leinster | United Rugby Championship Live

12-17….waiting for Ryans card……Yellow oof

1 Go to comments
H
Hellhound 2 hours ago
Top 100 Men's Rugby Players 2025 | Best Rugby Player in the World | RugbyPass

That is a scary looking team yes

103 Go to comments
H
Hellhound 3 hours ago
Pat Lam blasts 'archaic' process that lost the All Blacks Tony Brown

Now you are just being a woke, jealous fool. With the way things are run in NZ, no wonder he couldn't make a success there. Now that he is out shining any other New Zealanders, including their star players, now he is bitter and resentful and all sorts of hate speeches against him. That is what the fans like you do. Those in NZ who does have enough sense not to let pride cloud their vision, is all saying the same thing. NZ needs TB. Razor was made out to be a rugby coaching God by the fans, so much so that Foz was treated like the worst piece of shitte. Especially after the Twickenham disaster right before the WC. Ad then he nearly won the WC too with 14 players. As a Saffa the way he handled the media and the pressure leading up to the WC, was just extraordinary and I have gained a lot of respect for that man. Now your so called rugby coaching God managed to lose by an even bigger margin, IN NZ. All Razor does is overplay his players and he will never get the best out of those players, and let's face it, the current crop is good enough to be the best. However, they need an coach they can believe in completely. I don't think the players have bought into his coaching gig. TB was lucky to shake the dust of his boots when he left NZ, because only when he did that, did his career go from strength to strength. He got a WC medal to his name. Might get another if the Boks can keep up the good work. New exciting young talent is set to join soon after the WC as dangerous as SFM and Kolbe. Trust me, he doesn't want the AB's job. He is very happy in SA with the Boks. We score, you lose a great coach. We know quality when we see it, we don't chuck it in the bin like NZRU likes to do. Your coaching God is hanging on by a thread to keep his job🤣🤣🤣🤣

38 Go to comments
J
Jen 3 hours ago
Six Wallabies abroad who must come into the reckoning in 2026

I think he means Zac Lomax, an NRL winger, who is reported to be looking to switch codes.

10 Go to comments
c
cw 3 hours ago
Six favours the All Blacks need from Santa's little helpers

Simplify. Stop trying to be the smartest in the room. That’s been taken.

Play to our strengths. Simple direct ball in hand rugby at speed.



...

17 Go to comments
K
Kashmir Pete 3 hours ago
Six Wallabies abroad who must come into the reckoning in 2026

Great article John,

Appreciate optimism you provide. Will be delighted if Wallabies simply make semis of our home WRC, and what your article brings for me, is that is very much doable.



...

10 Go to comments
H
Hammer Head 3 hours ago
Pat Lam blasts 'archaic' process that lost the All Blacks Tony Brown

Tony Brown is better off at the Boks. And in the long run, if NZ Rugby can get their house in order enough for their to be good enough reason for him getting into the AB setup, the ABs will better for it.

The last four years and next two years buggering around in the wilderness with NZRU would be a waste of his talents and valuable career years and experience actually achieving results.



...

38 Go to comments
H
Hellhound 3 hours ago
Pat Lam blasts 'archaic' process that lost the All Blacks Tony Brown

Tony is already revered by the SA fans. His influence is as integral as Rassie’s in the team. He may be from NZ, but his blood is green. Long may he stay with the Boks, and with Rassie signing to 2031, it's more than likely that Tony will also resign when his contract is up. What coach wouldn't? The talent he get to work with, the coaching setup that is shared and not a dictatorship, the freedom to express himself. He got everything he wants. I can't see him leaving the Bok setup soon.

38 Go to comments
Close
ADVERTISEMENT