Welcome to the live broadcast dedicated to the match between France and Japan, as part of the 2024 fall tour.
What is it about? A reunion of the Blues with the Stade de France – with the exception of “Toto” Dupont who played there, won and danced with the VII tricolor Olympic champion –, a year after their cruel elimination, by a single small point, by South Africa, in the quarter-finals of the World Cup at home. The first confrontation, finally, between Fabien Galthié's men and the Brave Blossoms since November 2022. That day, the French won 35-17 in Toulouse.
Or ? At the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis).
At what time? Kick-off at 9:10 p.m.
On which channel? TF1.
Who hosts the live? Mathieu Maine and Yanis Soul at the back, from the Austerlitz cauldron, with Valentin Moinard in the front row (in the stands, not on the pitch, fortunately).
The composition of the teams:
Barré – Penaud, Gailleton, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey – (o) Ramos, (m) Dupont (cap.) – Roumat, Alldritt, Cros – Meafou, Flament – Tatafu, Mauvaka, Gros.
Substitutes: Marchand, Wardi, Colombe, Guillard, Boudehent, Lucu, Jalibert, Fickou.
Selector: Fabien Galthié.
Tuitama – Naikabula, Riley, Fifita, Osada – (o) Tatekawa (cap.), (m) Saito – Himeno, Makisi, Shimokawa – Dearns, Uluiviti – Takeuchi, Harada, Okabe.
Substitutes: Matsuoka, Morikawa, Tamefusa, Fakatava, Tatafu, Fujiwara, Kajimura, Matsunaga.
Selector: Eddie Jones.
Who referees? The Argentinian Damian Schneider, assisted by the South African Angus Gardner and the New Zealander James Doleman.
What won't we talk about? Pearls, these insects whose color has been transformed by humans.
To read in the meantime:
On and off the field, the XV of France wants to change era
A new twenty-minute red card tested during the autumn tour
The French Rugby team adopts a new strict framework: alcohol banned, excesses punished, etc.
Antoine Dupont returns and a renewed French XV to erase the sad summer tour
Antoine Dupont challenges renewal for his return to rugby union
Even in the Top 14, the Vannes Rugby club refuses the madness of grandeur
Japan, new land of conquest for Stade Toulouse
How the French sevens rugby team built an Olympic destiny, from the Fijian dunes to the Stade de France
The seven minutes of eternity of Antoine Dupont, Olympic champion with the Blues of rugby sevens
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