France will be without Damian Penaud for their opening Six Nations match against Wales due to a toe injury, while Romain Ntamack returns at fly-half after recovering from a series of setbacks.
Romain Ntamack missed the 2023 World Cup with a knee injury and his planned comeback last November was curtailed by a calf injury.Romain Ntamack missed the 2023 World Cup with a knee injury and his planned comeback last November was curtailed by a calf injury.
On the bench, Galthié has included Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, who made their debut in Argentina last year but were then arrested on rape charges that were later dropped. The two players, allowed to leave Argentina in September, always denied any wrongdoing and said the sex was consensual. Galthié refused to answer a question about their inclusion. “We’ve already answered these questions a lot. Today is the announcement of the French team, on the players who play, those who perform.
The head coach, Warren Gatland, also hands a full Test bow to the 23-year-old Cardiff hooker Evan Lloyd, who steps up with Dewi Lake and Ryan Elias injured, against a juggernaut French pack in Paris. Cardiff’s Ben Thomas fills the fly-half role, the uncapped Ospreys No 10 Dan Edwards is on the bench and the Exeter lock Dafydd Jenkins makes a first Wales appearance for almost 11 months after undergoing knee and shoulder operations.There are only four survivors in the Wales starting lineup from the side beaten by South Africa last time out – Thomas, Will Rowlands, Botham and Morgan.
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