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Ollivon heads up hugely changed 42-man France squad in Japan

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Toulon loose forward Charles Ollivon leads a 42-man France team chosen on Monday by coach Fabien Galthie for two Tests against Japan next month.

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Matthieu Jalibert, Melvyn Jaminet, Damien Penaud, and Virimi Vakatawa are among the other seasoned campaigners on the group, which also includes 17 uncapped players.

Only Ollivon, who led the Barbarians to a 52-21 victory over England last weekend, Penaud, Vakatawa, and prop Demba Bamba have more than 20 caps.

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Galthie had already stated that a number of high-profile players, including the majority of the Six Nations Grand Slam-winning squad, would not be picked in order to give them some break.

It means that players like Antoine Dupont, the World Player of the Year, and his Toulouse teammate Romain Ntamack will miss the trip to Japan.

Players from the Top 14 final between Montpellier and Castres on June 24 are also absent.

On July 2 in Aichi and July 9 in Tokyo, France will face Japan.

France squad:
Forwards: Jean-Baptiste Gros, Dany Priso, Matis Perchaud, Sipili Falatea, Demba Bamba, Dorian Aldegheri, Thomas Laclayat, Pierre Bourgarit, Peato Mauvaka, Christopher Tolofua, Thomas Lavault, Thomas Jolmes, Remi Picquette, Swan Rebbadj, Thibaud Flament, Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, Sekou Macalou, Ibrahim Diallo, Matthias Haddad, Yoan Tanga, Dylan Cretin, Charles Ollivon, Selevasio Tolofua.

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Backs: Maxime Lucu, Baptiste Couilloud, Nolann Le Garrec, Antoine Hastoy, Matthieu Jalibert, Louis Carbonel, Tani Vili, Virimi Vakatawa, Yoram Moefana, Louis Le Brun, Damian Penaud, Jules Favre, Matthis Lebel, Remy Baget, Enzo Reybier, Aymeric Luc, Melvyn Jaminet, Max Spring, Romain Buros.

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fl 17 minutes ago
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Ireland had a great tournament apart from one bad game.

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GH 38 minutes ago
Four England talking points after their Six Nations rout of Wales

well, I think on the contrary that England might have more players selected just because Ireland managed poorly this year and not for the results of England’s team. Really fortunate that the opponent will be Australia and not SA or NZ…

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fl 1 hour ago
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Knowing the starting XV would be next to useless given most of the best players will be unavailable in the summer.

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fl 1 hour ago
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England kicked plenty in this match. Wales passed and carried much more.

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fl 1 hour ago
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Really hope he starts in the summer tests! We need to beat Argentina and we know that Ford can deliver on that front.

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Tom 1 hour ago
Four England talking points after their Six Nations rout of Wales

The flyhalf battle is probably the most interesting. At the start of the tournament I thought it unlikely Farrell would go especially considering he's been injured but none of the incumbents really nailed it. Fin Smith was good but is young and not many other English backs are likely to go now that Lawrence is injured so no natural chemistry. Mitchell will go but likely won't start tests. Ireland can't work out who is their best ten and Fin Russell’s stock has fallen. Marcus could make it as a utility player but may miss out as he's not had success at 10. He could still do a job midweek and provide a 6:2 bench option. Ford looked good but has had no game time. Door is definitely ajar for Faz and Daddy is picking the team.


Realistically Willis is one of the best backrowers in the world but with so many excellent 7s to choose from he's not “needed” per se.

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Tom 1 hour ago
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Ford was excellent. His first major involvement was putting up a high kick to compete when we were already camped on the Wales 22, wasn't a fan. After that he was taking it flat to the line and his passing was sumptuous. Hard to read too much into it seeing as it was basically a rout at that point, he couldn't have had more of an armchair ride but he looked really good.

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Brex missed 3 tackles out of 12. How does that rate as ‘Solid in the tackle’?

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JJ 2 hours ago
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I guess the final score will depend on how you count Jack Will and Owen Farrell. Neither are eligible for the england team, so there could be 9 from the 6Nations team but 11 overall.

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The 7-1 actually backfired for France in the Ireland match though- they’d much rather have had a back on the bench instead of Jegou - so it can't be the reason for their good results.


I do like the 7-1, but England actually aret well set up to use it, given the absence of utility players capable of playing scrum half. I guess possibly JVP or Mitchell could play fly-half?

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fl 2 hours ago
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“If a fifth-place England could manage to get 11 players selected on the 2021 Lions despite just two Six Nations wins, the expectation now is they can enjoy an even bigger representation on the back of a four-win, second-place campaign.”


It isn’t all about the six nations though. England are ranked 6th in the world - at the end of Marc 2021 they were ranked 3rd.


I suspect England might get 11 players selected, because its likely to be a bigger squad this time around that it was during covid, but the main contingent will be Irish.

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Cantab 3 hours ago
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Aging Ireland now on a downward spiral and their under 20 side seems unlikely to provide the players to arrest that. Their aspirations to surpass SA & NZ now in tatters and they are now in danger of being surpassed by England and even Scotland.

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Yes every golden generation fades eventually. You can't fight the passage of time.

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I heard some idiots behind me actually get upset when George Ford came on.

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