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France name an unchanged line-up to take on England in Lyon

France celebrate Maxime Lucu's try last Sunday versus Wales (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Fabien Galthie has named his France Guinness Six Nations team to host England this Saturday, making no changes following last Sunday’s win away to Wales.

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The French gave their disappointing campaign a boost with their 45-24 success in Cardiff and the reaction ahead of welcoming the English to Lyon has been to keep faith with last weekend’s entire match day 23.

England, meanwhile, have made one change to their starting XV, Elliot Daly coming onto the wing in place of the unavailable Immanuel Feyi-Waboso. Ethan Roots and Manu Tuilagi are named on the bench for the injured Chandler Cunningham-South and the promoted Daly.

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Nickers 4 hours ago
The All Blacks strongest midfield partnership for the next World Cup is already clear

Under Schmidt Jordie was a constant attacking threat. I don’t think he has been asked to play that role over the past couple of years. He generally receives the ball while we are on the back foot and there are very few options available, and where running in particular is the worst option.

Not so much splitting the field but having lots of options and lots for the defence to think about. If the 9 can go to the 10 who is up flat, who in turn has a pod with another back in it say Jordan in the boot, and another player like Jordie/BB/Dmac out the back coming into the line with players inside and outside them (could be Jordan) it’ a very dynamic situation with 3 options, 2 of which could be kick/long pass as well as run. Having that final player out the back as a strong kicker and distributor/decision maker gives you so many opportunities. As good as Jordan is, he is not a playmaker the way those other guys are. His strength is running and timing, so when he has the ball that is the main thing the defence has to worry about, and the main way he will hurt you. Only one 10 on the field let’s the defence know the 9 only really has one option, 2 at best. Leaving players like Jordan to roam to where he thinks there is space and having two or three players that can find him, rather than him being involved in the spine makes the backline far more potent.



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