Fabien Galthié revealed his starting XV for the match against Argentina this Friday. For this last match, the France coach decided to give his first chance to Marko Gazzotti for this meeting. Discover the statistics to remember from this composition.
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First for Marko Gazzotti
The Bordeaux player will have his first chance this Friday against Argentina. Fabien Galthié decided to place the third row on the bench for this last test in November. A potential first selection as a reward for the former Grenoble player who has impressed observers since his arrival in the Top 14 last year, after his title of under-20 world champion. Since the start of the season, he has played eight matches in the colors of UBB with which he scored a try.
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XV of France – The composition of the Blues to face Argentina: Léo Barré at the back, Charles Ollivon in 8
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Three changes in the composition
After the magnificent victory against the All Blacks, the French coach decided to change part of his starting XV to challenge Argentina. Uini Atonio regains his place as right pillar at the expense of the injured Tevita Tatafu. Léo Barré starts at the back following the withdrawal of Romain Buros. For the rest, the coach imposed a turnover on his executives to create emulation in his group. “I want there to be strong emulation today for a strong French team. We must therefore develop emerging and deserving potential.” declared the former Toulon coach to explain his choices. The first beneficiary of this change is Charles Ollivon, who will play with the number 8 in the back placing Grégory Alldridt out of the group.
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First in 8 in the French team for Charles Ollivon
This is the main change in the French composition. Charles Ollivon will occupy the third center line position for the first time in the French team. Trained for this position, the Toulonnais quickly moved to the wing of the third line due to his slender profile. But this baptism of fire at this position under the rooster's jersey will not be a discovery of the position for all that. In all, the native of the Basque Country played more than fifty times in 8 during his career.
If he scores 16 points or more against the Pumas, Thomas Ramos can climb to second among the best points scorers in the history of the French XV. He would then be tied with Christophe Lamaison with 380 points scored in the blue jersey. The Tarnais, currently fifth in this ranking, could take advantage of the last match of this fall tour to overtake Thierry Lacroix and Morgan Parra, authors of 367 and 370 points respectively. With Frédéric Michalak's record in his sights, always in the sights of Toulouse.
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Four players present during the Argentina tour
If the Argentina tour turned out to be a disaster in terms of image with the Jegou-Auradou affair and the racist remarks of Melvyn Jaminet, it still allowed new players to emerge. This Friday, there will be four of them who were part of the group which flew to South America. Léo Barré starts in his traditional full-back position when Georges-Henri Colombe, Mickaël Guillard, who had experienced his first caps during the two Argentinian tests, and Emilien Gailleton take their place on the bench.
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