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Antoine Dupont should not play the last preparation match before the announcement of the list of 33 players, this Saturday August 19. Who could take the captaincy?
In view of the training of the Blues on Tuesday August 15, we are heading towards a Lucu-Hastoy hinge for the France-Fiji meeting on Saturday. Which would mean that Toulouse captain Antoine Dupont will not be a starter and therefore not captain either.
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The last match without the best rugby player of the year 2021 was in the defeat in Scotland (25-21) on August 5. And his mission had been entrusted to Brice Dulin who found the XV of France after two years without playing with his nation.
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According to the last session, only two players could keep their place compared to the starting XV of France-Scotland (30-27) of August 12th. It would be center three-quarter Jonathan Danty and number 8 Grégory Alldritt.
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It should logically be the latter who would inherit the captaincy.
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Here is the probable composition of the Blues against Fiji:
Jaminet – Bielle-Biarrey, Vincent, Danty, Gailleton – (o) Hastoy, (m) Lucu – Cretin, Alldritt, Cros – Willemse, Verhaeghe – Laclayat or Atonio, Mauvaka, Wardi.
