Bayonne-Stade Toulousain: Brennan, Jelonch, Mallia, Lebel, Kinghorn, Capuozzo… The available internationals will be there at Jean-Dauger!

For this trip to the Basque Coast, which marks the end of the first block but also the opening of the first international window of the season, the “red and black” staff logically decided to use all the internationals made available to them this week after three days of training with their national teams. Peato Mauvaka, Thibaud Flament, Emmanuel Meafou, François Cros, Alexandre Roumat, Antoine Dupont, Thomas Ramos and Paul Costes are among the 23 players protected by the French XV convention.

As for the pack, Joshua Brennan and Anthony Jelonch will start and the same will apply to Juan Cruz Mallia, Matthis Lebel and Blair Kinghorn at three-quarters. As for Ange Capuozzo and Efrain Elias, they will be replacements. This will also be the first match sheet for the young Pumas second row (20 years old; 1 selection), who arrived this summer in the Pink City and who benefits from the numerous absences in this position (Thibaud Flament, Emmanuel Meafou, Richie Arnold ).

Note that the captaincy has been entrusted to Jack Willis, the return to the starting XV of Clément Vergé and on the bench of Mathis Castro-Ferreira, operated on his nose after being hit in a friendly against Perpignan, and who will play his first match of the season.

For the rest, the composition will be very classic given the circumstances, including a Paul Graou – Juan Cruz Mallia hinge and a pair of Pierre-Louis Barassi – Dimitri Delibes centers. Up front, in the absence of Peato Mauvaka and Julien Marchand, Guillaume Cramont will start as hooker.