Dillyn Leyds captain, Antoine Hastoy and Jonathan Danty on the bench

Because if Antoine Hastoy and Jonathan Danty, not retained by the France team, will be on the bench against Paris on Saturday, Reda Wardi, Georges-Henri Colombe Reazel, Grégory Alldritt and Paul Boudehent are at Marcoussis, while Uini Atonio is out . Enough to move the lines within a tight workforce which was not able to rotate that much. In addition to the returns of Matthias Haddad-Victor and Oscar Jegou, we note that of Alexandre Kaddouri as left pillar after a few weeks of penance in Espoirs. Aleksandre Kuntelia, Ihaia West, Jules Favre and Jack Nowell will also start.

Among the replacements, pillars Thierry Paiva and Joel Sclavi as well as 3rd line prospect Édouard Richer will be responsible for bringing new life to the tired Maritimes before the conclusion of this first block of nine matches. “We are trying to bring more energy into our game,” confirms Will Skelton. We saw it in Montpellier (16-0), we were impatient but we also lacked energy. It was a lot of work for us this week. »

Note that Dillyn Leyds will be captain of Stade Rochelais for the first time in his career, a little surprise as Brice Dulin, Tawera Kerr-Barlow and Will Skelton are also among the identified leaders. Furthermore, 14 JIFFs are on the sheet, not counting the internationals selected in Marcoussis which are taken into account in the total.

The team

Dulin* – Nowell, Thomas*, Favre*, Leyds (c) – (o) West, (m) Kerr-Barlow – Jegou*, Haddad-Victor*, Dillane – Skelton, Douglas – Kuntelia*, Latu, Kaddouri*.

Remplaçants: 16. Lespiaucq*, 17. Paiva*, 18. Lavault*, 19. Richer*, 20. Berjon*, 21. Hastoy*, 22. Danty*, 23. Sclavi.