This Saturday, February 11, 2023, Les Bleus are under pressure. A complicated match awaits them, a match that could determine the continuation of their adventure in the Six Nations Tournament... The XV of France meetsIreland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. This match is to be followed live from 3 pm on France 2.
The French team entered the tournament last week. Their match againstItaly was chaotic, undisciplined: Les Bleus won only narrowly, with a score of 29-24.
For this match in Ireland, Fabien Galthié decided to keep his confidence in his team: only two substitutes were changed by the coach. François Cros and Baptiste Couilloud take the place of Nolann Le Garrec and Thomas Lavault on the bench.
In a press conference broadcast in Le Parisien, Fabien Galthié reaffirmed his confidence in his players: " We have kept the same team for several reasons. First of all the performance, because we won with the bonus, but also the coherence, because we have been working with this starting XV for three weeks, and also the collective experience in training and the search for homogeneity. (...) It seems to us our best team of France, for the 32nd game of our adventure. "
However, the coach does not hide the difficulty of the match that awaits them. The Irish are considered the best team in the world. " Every game in the tournament is a final, but this one will be against one of the best opponents we have faced in 32 games," he said.
So this Saturday should be a great spectacle of rugby. Here is the composition of the French team, and that of the Irish team.
☘️🆚🇫🇷 Our second match of the #SixNations 2023 takes us to Dublin to challenge 𝒍𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒆́𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒑𝒆 𝒅𝒖 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆!
- France Rugby (@FranceRugby) February 9, 2023
💪 See you on Saturday! #NeFaisonsXV #XVdeFrance #IRLFRA pic.twitter.com/eAfWyYyg3I
Introducing your Ireland line up for Saturday! ✊#TeamOfUs | #GuinnessSixNations
- Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) February 9, 2023
Go Blues!
