Bastareaud on French bench

Bastareaud on French bench

10 Mar 2010

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Bastareaud on French bench

Coach Marc Lievremont has made two changes to his side for the clash against Italy on Sunday.

Mathieu Bastareaud, France’s star of the campaign so far, makes way for David Marty at outside centre. Marc Andreu will earn his first start as he replaces wing Julien Malzieu in the other change.

France – Clement Poitrenaud; Marc Andreu, David Marty, Yannick Jauzion, Alexis Palisson; Francois Trinh-Duc, Morgan Parra; Imanol Harinordoquy, Julien Bonnaire, Thierry Dusautoir (c); Julien Pierre, Lionel Nallet; Nicolas Mas, William Servat, Thomas Domingo.
Subs: Dimitri Szarzewski, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Sebastien Chabal, Alexandre Lapandry, Dimitri Yachvili, Mathieu Bastareaud, Julien Malzieu


11 Comments

  • 1.Staal: Reply to this comment
    10 Mar 2010, 14:47 pm

    Dik en stadig… die Dragon.. imo

  • 2.Blouste: Reply to this comment
    10 Mar 2010, 14:57 pm

    :lol:

    French on verge of grand slam…

  • 3.race of tan: Reply to this comment
    10 Mar 2010, 15:09 pm

    This a strong French side. The Boks will have to be ontop of their game to beat them even in SA!!!

  • 4.schalla: Reply to this comment
    10 Mar 2010, 15:37 pm

    where is that awesome fullback with the massive sideburns… medard I think? and whatever happened to florian fritz and damien traille? wheres rougerie? and for that matter that other flank whos trin ducs best friend…fulgence oudraogo i thnk his name is….????

  • 5.Grroo: Reply to this comment
    10 Mar 2010, 16:06 pm

    @SCHALLA

    Medard is out of form at the moment, and Poitrenaud (the other fullback of Toulouse) is doing great at the moment.

    Florian Fritz has not been selected lately because Lièvremont thinks he still has some “discipline” issues. But Fritz>Marty IMHO. Traille just came back from injury. Rougerie is injured. Ouedraogo was injured for Wales, and will probably come back for England.

  • 6.schalla: Reply to this comment
    10 Mar 2010, 16:17 pm

    Thanks GRROO

    Jeez this does highlight one thing though and that’s the incredible depth the French possess.

  • 7.Grroo: Reply to this comment
    10 Mar 2010, 16:59 pm

    The top players play so many games (TOP 14, H Cup, Summer test, Winter test, 6 nations) and during winter in very poor conditions. That results with lot of players being injured. They did a team of the injured, it looks quite good :D

    Barcella, ? , Marconnet
    Papé, Millo Chluski,
    Ouedraogo, Picamoles, ?
    Elissalde, Michalak,
    Rougerie, Mermoz, Traille, Clerc, ?

  • 8.uhuru: Reply to this comment
    10 Mar 2010, 17:34 pm

    @Grroo: what about heymans?

  • 9.Grroo: Reply to this comment
    10 Mar 2010, 18:53 pm

    @uhuru:

    Heymans is 32 years old and it seems that Lièvremont wants to see younger players with the 2011 in mind (and with less chance to be injured). He seems to be a little bit out of form also. I’m pretty sure Clerc and Medard will be “bleus” again, prolly not Heymans :(

  • 10.Oubaas2009: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 09:36 am

    I think one of Lievremont’s problems is that he is always tinkering with his starting lineup. I think he had lessons from Graham Henry.

    France win convincingly, he drops 4-5 players. France win again, he drops another 2-3 players. I fear for the French this will be their downfall in RWC 2011.

  • 11.Grroo: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 11:03 am

    @Oubaas2009:

    One reason is doing this is the injuries. If you only play with the same 15 players what happens when 3 of them can’t make it to the RWC? The other reason is that now he has 2 or 3 choices for each post (ok maybe not for the fly half). It puts pressure on the players, but it also help them to find the motivation to keep working (see Bonnaire or Rougerie).
    But maybe my vision is biaise :D

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