The French XV staff called hooker Maxime Lamothe and prop Giorgi Beria into the group of 42 players to prepare for the test match against New Zealand on Saturday (9:10 p.m.) at the Stade de France.
Hooker Maxime Lamothe (26 years old) and prop Giorgi Beria (25 years old) have joined the group of 42 players to prepare for the second autumn test match against New Zealand, the French Rugby Federation announced on Wednesday. The Union Bordeaux-Bègles hooker and the left pillar of Perpignan are both novices in Blue, even if Lamothe was called up several times in gatherings of the France team, during the tournament and then this fall.
Beria present during the tour in Argentina
Beria, aged 25, took part in the South American tour this summer but did not win a cap, only playing the match against Uruguay (43-28), which did not count as a selection. Earlier in the week, wingers Damian Penaud (illness) and Théo Attissogbe (sprained knee) both withdrew from the match against the All Blacks on Saturday.
Right pillar Uini Atonio, injured in a calf and who had already had to give up participating in the big victory against Japan (52-12) for the first test match, should also miss the second test.
Atonio faced “small relapses” of his calf injury, Blues assistant coach William Servat announced this Tuesday, for whom the experienced right pillar (34 years old, 62 caps) “will most certainly only be able to apply next week” against Argentina. Tevita Tatafu could therefore experience his second selection against New Zealand.
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