6 NATIONS 2022. For the “Crunch”, the last match of the 6 Nations Tournament of the French team which aims for the Grand Slam, the staff of the Blues unveiled a classic composition.
[Mis à jour le 17 mars 2022 à 12h15] No surprise in the composition of the Blues. This Thursday, March 17, Fabien Galthié and the staff of the France team unveiled an expected XV with the return in particular of Damian Penaud to the wing, he who was positive for Covid for the trip to Wales.
In a crucial match with the Grand Slam at stake, Raphael Ibanez wants to banish the conditional. “For the next two days, we will ban the conditional. With ifs… The game against New Zealand created a superb dynamic which continues. But we have a game to play against England. I can testify because I played there. With them, the lack of motivation does not exist. There is not the passionate side like with us. For them, all the matches are important and that makes them hard to play. wrong. You have to be in the action. You have to do things.”
The composition of the XV against England: Jaminet – Penaud, Fickou, Danty, Villière – (o) Ntamack, (m) Dupont (cap) – Jelonch, Alldritt, Cros – Willemse, Woki – Atonio, Marchand, Baille.
The replacements: Mauvaka, Gros, Haouas, Taofifenua, Flament, Cretin, Lucu, Ramos.
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 they score at least four tries in the match, 1 defensive bonus point if they lose 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 game.
The schedule of matches for the 6 Nations Tournament is established over five days. Each team meets its opponents only once. For this 2022 edition, France travels only twice (since it had received twice during the previous edition). The schedule of matches in 2022:
5th day – Saturday March 19: France – England, Wales – Italy, Ireland – Scotland.
On the next day, the Blues will face Wales in a match that could already look like a small final. Here is the group of 42 called for the meeting:
- Left pillars : Cyril Baille (Toulouse), Jean-Baptiste Gros (Toulon), Jérôme Rey (Lyon).
- Hookers : Gaëtan Barlot (Castres), Julien Marchand (Toulouse), Peato Mauvaka (Toulouse).
- Straight pillars : Uini Atonio (La Rochelle), Demba Bamba (Lyon), Mohamed Haouas (Montpellier), Sipili Falatea (Clermont).
- Second-line : Thibaud Flament (Toulouse), Thomas Lavault (La Rochelle), Romain Taofifenua (Lyon), Swan Rebbadj (Toulon), Paul Willemse (Montpellier), Cameron Woki (Bordeaux-Bègles).
- Third-line : Grégory Alldritt (La Rochelle), Alexandre Becognée (Montpellier), Paul Boudehent (La Rochelle), Dylan Cretin (Lyon), François Cros (Toulouse), Anthony Jelonch (Toulouse), Jordan Joseph (Pau).
- Scrum half : Baptiste Couilloud (Lyon), Antoine Dupont (Toulouse), Maxime Lucu (Bordeaux-Bègles).
- Fly-half: Antoine Hastoy (Pau), Romain Ntamack (Toulouse).
- Centers : Pierre-Louis Barassi (Lyon), Jonathan Danty (La Rochelle), Jules Favre (La Rochelle), Gael Fickou (Racing), Virimi Vakatawa (Racing), Tani Vili (Clermont).
- Wingers : Matthis Lebel (Toulouse), Damian Penaud (Clermont), Donovan Taofifenua (Racing), Aymeric Luc (Toulon), Gabin Villière (Toulon).
- Rears : Brice Dulin (La Rochelle), Melvyn Jaminet (Perpignan), Thomas Ramos (Toulouse).
In France, the matches of this 2022 6 Nations Tournament will be broadcast on FranceTV. The pair made up of Matthieu Lartot and Dimitri Yachvili, accompanied by Cécile Grès for the interviews on the sidelines, will be on commentary for nine matches in the competition, including all those of the Blues, scheduled on France 2. For the other matches, the broadcast will also be available on France TV, with the Laurent Bellet – Jérôme Cazalbou duo on the microphone.
You can get a ticket for the 2022 6 Nations Tournament by going to the official website of the French Rugby Federation. Several matches are still available with prices ranging from 13 to 120 euros for the match against Italy and from 25 to 155 euros for the match against Ireland. On the other hand, the shock against England is no longer bookable.