Turn the page. After experiencing one of the worst summers in its history on a non-sporting level – racist video by Melvyn Jaminet on July 7 in Argentina, Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou accused of aggravated gang rape on the night of July 6 to 7 , still in Argentina, death of young Mehdi Narjissi (17 years old) during an internship with the French XV U18 on August 7 in South Africa -, the French rugby team returns to competition with the reception of Japan (9:10 p.m.), for the first of its three friendly matches in the fall.
Welcome of the French public, charter around the third half, return of Captain Dupont… For West FranceFabien Pelous, the former captain of the Blues (118 caps) and Stade Toulousain (300 matches), gives his impressions on the return of the Blues.
After the terrible summer experienced by French rugby, do you fear a hostile reception from the French public for its French XV?
I think that it is above all a problem of individuals, rather than a symbolic XV of France. Without prejudging what happens next, I think there were really two cases to clearly distinguish this summer. A case where the player (Melvyn Jaminet) is sanctioned, and another case where there are two players (Oscar Jegou, Hugo Auradou) who will a priori come out of this sequence by being cleared. The picture is not black, we are just talking about an individual who slipped up after an evening.
And I put aside the death of young Mehdi Narjissi, who is a…
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