This Tuesday, January 17, Fabien Galthié must reveal his list of players for the 6 Nations tournament.
Never has a VI Nations tournament been so important for the French team. From Saturday February 4, the traditional tournament in the northern hemisphere will punctuate international rugby news before the 2023 World Cup, which will be played from September in France. The Blues will enter the competition on Sunday February 5 against Italy to officially defend their Grand Slam acquired in 2022.
This Tuesday, January 17, the coach and his staff will unveil the list of 42 players who will have to prepare for the 6 Nations tournament. Just before this announcement, Racing third row Cameron Woki officially withdrew after a scaphoid fracture. “Thank you all for your many messages and your support. I will work hard to come back quickly. I wish the best to the XV of France for this Tournament. I miss you already…” launched the international on social networks. According to information from The Team, Maxime Lucu, UBB scrum half, was injured this weekend against the Sharks and suffered a slight ankle sprain. He could withdraw for the start of the tournament.
The schedule of matches for the 6 Nations Tournament is established over five days. Each team meets its opponents only once. For this 2023 edition, France travels three times (since it had received three times during the previous edition). The schedule of matches in 2023:
First day
- Saturday, February 4, 2023
- Wales – Ireland at 3:15 p.m.
- England – Scotland at 5:45 p.m.
- Sunday February 5
- Italy – France at 4 p.m.
Second day
- Saturday February 11
- Ireland – France at 3:15 p.m.
- Scotland – Wales at 5:45 p.m.
- Sunday February 12
- England – Italy at 4 p.m.
third day
- Saturday February 25
- Italy – Ireland at 3:15 p.m.
- Wales – England at 5:45 p.m.
- Sunday February 26
- France – Scotland at 4 p.m.
Fourth day
- Saturday March 11
- Italy – Wales at 3:15 p.m.
- England – France at 5:45 p.m.
- Sunday March 12
- Scotland – Ireland at 4 p.m.
fifth day
- Saturday March 18
- Scotland – Italy at 1:30 p.m.
- France – Wales at 3:45 p.m.
- Ireland – England at 6 p.m.
The classification of the 6 Nations Tournament is established as follows: victory is worth 4 points, a draw 2 points and a defeat 0 point. Each of the six teams can also collect bonus points: 1 offensive bonus point if it scores at least four tries in the match, 1 defensive bonus point if it loses the match with a maximum gap of seven points. Finally, if one of the selection achieves the Grand Slam, it is granted an additional bonus of 3 points. In the event of a tie at the end of the tournament, the teams were decided on the basis of the difference in points per match.
In France, the matches of this 2023 6 Nations Tournament will be broadcast on FranceTV. The pair made up of Matthieu Lartot and Dmitri Yachviliaccompanied by Cécile Grès for the interviews on the sidelines, is on the comments of the nine matches of the competition, including all those of the Blues, scheduled on France 2. For the other matches, the broadcast is also accessible on the antennas of France TV , with the Laurent Bellet – Jérôme Cazalbou duo on the microphone.
The Welsh group for the Tournament
- Hooker : Dewi Lake, Ken Owens, Bradley Roberts.
- Pillar : Leon Brown, Rhys Carré, Tomas Francis, Wyn Jones, Dillon Lewis, Gareth Thomas.
- Second-line : Adam Beard, Rhys Davies, Dafydd Jenkins, Alun-Wyn Jones, Teddy Williams.
- Third-line : Taulupe Faletau, Jac Morgan, Tommy Reffell, Justin Tipuric, Christ Tshiunza, Aaron Wainwright.
- scrum half :Kieran Hardy, Rhys Webb, Tomos Williams.
- Opening half : Dan Biggar, Rhys Patchell, Owen Williams.
- Center : Mason Grady, Joe Hawkins, George North, Nick Tompkins, Kieran Williams.
- Winger/Back : Josh Adams, Alex Cuthbert, Rio Dyer, Leigh Halfpenny, Louis Rees-Zammit, Liam Williams.
The Scottish group for the Tournament
- Fronts: Ewan Ashman (Sale, ENG), Josh Bayliss (Bath, ENG), Simon Berghan (Glasgow), Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow), Fraser Brown (Glasgow), Dave Cherry (Edinburgh), Andy Christie (Saracens, ENG), Luke Crosbie (Edinburgh), Jack Dempsey (Glasgow), Matt Fagerson (Glasgow), Zander Fagerson (Glasgow), Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh), Jonny Gray (Exeter, ENG), Richie Gray (Glasgow), Cameron Henderson (Leicester, ENG), WP Nel (Edinburgh), Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh), Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh), Javan Sebastian (Scarlets, GAL), Sam Skinner (Edinburgh), Rory Sutherland (Ulster, IRL), George Turner (Glasgow), Hamish Watson (Edinburgh ).
- Rears: Chris Harris (Gloucester, ENG), Ben Healy (Munster, IRL), Stuart Hogg (Exeter, ENG), George Horne (Glasgow), Huw Jones (Glasgow), Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh), Sean Maitland (Saracens, ENG), Ruaridh McConnochie (Bath, ENG), Stafford McDowall (Glasgow Warriors), Ali Price (Glasgow), Cameron Redpath (Bath, ENG), Finn Russell (Racing, FRA), Ollie Smith (Glasgow), Kyle Steyn (Glasgow), Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow), Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh), Ben White (London Irish, ENG)