6 NATIONS 2022. Already a final for the Blues? Faced with a rather impressive Ireland, the France team must imperatively impose itself to hope to win the tournament.
[Mis à jour le 10 février 2022 à 14h41] France did the job against Italy, but did not live up to expectations on the content. On the other hand, Ireland played their rugby and crushed Wales on the first day. This Saturday, February 12, it is therefore already time for the clash between the French and the Irish to take control of operations in the 6 Nations Tournament. If injuries are not to be rejoiced in, France will play Ireland without their captain Jonathan Sexton, injured and forfeited. “When we worked on this match, it was with Johnny in the opening position on the Irish animations, recognized Fabien Galthié, present at the press conference. He was leading the game against Wales or New Zealand. We met Joey Carbery last year. He’s a player we know. We think that this Irish team is very structured, with a laid down game plan, we imagine that they will stay on the same background defensive and offensive game despite the absence of Johnny Sexton, with surely small adjustments.
This Thursday, February 10, Fabien Galthié and the staff of the Blues communicated the starting XV with two changes from Italy, Yoram Moefana takes the place of Jonathan Danty while François Cros takes the place of Dylan Crétin.
The composition of the Blues: Jaminet – Penaud, Fickou, Moefana, Villière – (o) Ntamack, (m) Dupont (cap.) – Jelonch, Alldritt, Cros – Willemse, Woki – Atonio, Marchand, Baille
Substitutes : Mauvaka, Gros, Bamba, 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:
- 2nd day – Saturday February 12, 2022: Wales – Scotland, France – Ireland. Sunday February 13: Italy – England.
- 3rd day – Saturday 26 February: Scotland – France, England – Wales. Sunday February 27: Ireland – Italy.
- 4th day – Friday 11 March: Wales – France. Saturday March 12: Italy – Scotland, England – Ireland.
- 5th day – Saturday March 19: France – England, Wales – Italy, Ireland – Scotland.
On the next day, the Blues will face Ireland in a match that could already look like a small final. For the occasion, 14 new players were called up:
- Daniel BIBI BIZIWU
- Paul BOUDEHENT
- Ibrahim DIALLO
- Jules FAVRE
- Thibaud FLAMENT
- Thomas LAVAULT
- Sekou MACALOU
- Yoan TANGA
- Donovan TAOFIFENUA
- Brice DULIN
- Antoine HASTOY
- Matthis LEBEL
- Virimi VAKATAWA
- Tani VILI
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.