Welcome to the live broadcast dedicated to the match between France and Japan, as part of the autumn 2024 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 small point, by South Africa, in the quarterfinals 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.
EITHER ? At the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis).
What time? Start at 9:10 p.m.
On what channel? TF1.
Who presents the live show? Mathieu Maine and Yanis Soul behind, from the Austerlitz cauldron, with Valentin Moinard in the front row (in the stands, not on the pitch, fortunately).
The composition of the teams:
Banned – Attissogbe, 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 Galthie.
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 Argentine 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 man.
To read in the meantime:
On and off the field, the French XV wants to change the era
A new twenty-minute red card tested during the autumn tour
The French rugby team adopts a new strict framework: prohibition of alcohol, punishment for excesses, etc.
Antoine Dupont returns and a renewed French XV to erase the sad summer tour
Antoine Dupont challenges renewal for his return to rugby
Even in the Top 14, the Vannes rugby club rejects the madness of greatness
Japan, new land of conquest for Stade Toulouse
How the French rugby sevens team built an Olympic destination, from the dunes of Fiji to the Stade de France
The seven minutes of eternity of Antoine Dupont, Olympic champion with the Bleus rugby sevens
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