RC Vannes is preparing to play an ultra-important match in the race to maintain, Saturday (4 p.m.) at La Rabine, on the occasion of the 15th day of Top 14. Logically, the RCV staff should bring out the big armada.
Joe Edwards should start in the second row, associated with Fabrice Metz, while Théo Béziat, convincing against Edinburgh, should replace Cyril Blanchard in the XV.
Nakosi starts in Top 14 three months later
Filipo Nakosi should start on the wing, three months after his last start in the Top 14. It was against Castres, on the occasion RCV's last victory at La Rabine in the elite of French rugby.
Conversely, Paul Surano will have a sixth consecutive start at full-back in the Top 14 while Gwenaël Duplenne, who broke his hand, is out.
Robin Taccola will also be in the XV and will join the French U20 team, in Marcoussis, from Sunday.
-On the bench, we should find the front lines Charles-Henri Berguet, Cyril Blanchard and Simon Bourgeois but also Jesse Parete and Jules Le Bail.
The probable composition of RC Vannes: 15. Surano – 14. Nakosi, 13. Taccola, 12. Saili, 11. Rayasi – 10. Lafage, 9. Ruru – 7. Gorrissen (cap.), 8. Kalamafoni, 6. Augry – 5. Metz, 4. Edwards – 3. Medrano, 2. Béziat, 1. Vunipola.