6N 2025 Italy v France

[Machpants]

France go for a 7:1 bench to allow the coach to chop all his underperforming backs from the last game. Bye to Gael Fickou, Nolann Le Garrec, Damian Penaud and Matthieu Jalibert. Pretty brutal, or very petty - being French probably the second!

France: 15 Leo Barré, 14 Théo Attissogbe, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Thomas Ramos, 9 Antoine Dupont, 8 Gregory Alldritt, 7 Paul Boudehent, 6 Francois Cros, 5 Mickaël Guillard, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Cyril Baille, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Oscar Jegou, 21 Alexandre Roumat, 22 Anthony Jelonch, 23 Maxime Lucu

[Bones]

@Machpants France has a good chance in that match up. 50/50.

[Machpants]

Italy: 15 Tommaso Allan, 14 Ange Capuozzo, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Martin Page-Relo, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolo Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Giacomo Nicotera, 17 Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Joshua Zilocchi, 19 Riccardo Favretto, 20 Manuel Zuliani, 21 Ross Vintcent, 22 Alessandro Garbisi, 23 Jacopo Trulla

[Bones]

Hate to disrupt the interest and commentary, just wanted to say this is a fun game.

[sparky]

Massive win for France coming up. Just shows what a terrible performance the All Blacks offered in Italy at the end of last year.

[sparky]

Huge statement by France. What a way to bounce back after a terrible performance against England.

[sparky]

Absolutely outstanding from France:

[sparky]

What a rout: