Matthieu Jalibert will begin at fly-half for France towards England at Twickenham on Saturday within the absence of the suspended Romain Ntamack.
Jalibert requested to be despatched again to his Bordeaux membership when he discovered he was second within the pecking order at fly-half throughout final November’s autumn sequence however coach Fabien Galthie has not held it towards the 26-year-old.
“There is no such thing as a energy battle with the participant. The ability battle is on the sector, for us,” Galthie instructed a information convention on Thursday.
“If you make selections you’re employed every day on the gamers’ kind and the attainable pairings. Once we noticed Ntamack picked up a purple card we began to work with the workers instantly and Matthieu Jalibert was the plain selection. He was all the time eligible.
“We felt he wanted some air to regenerate. Our proposal was for him to get out of this closed-door surroundings to regenerate however we stayed involved with him and his membership.”
Ntamack picked up a yellow card for a shoulder-to-head deal with on Ben Thomas late in France’s 43-0 drubbing of Wales of their opening Six Nations fixture on Friday, which was upgraded to a purple card following a evaluate.
The disciplinary committee decided that the mid-range entry level of six weeks/matches was applicable however diminished it to a few after the participant accepted he dedicated an act of foul play, together with Ntamack’s exemplary disciplinary document.
In the one different change for France, Damian Penaud, who missed the Wales sport with a toe harm, will begin on the wing.
France:
Jean-Baptiste Gros, Peato Mauvaka, Uini Atonio, Alexandre Roumat, Emmanuel Meafo, Francois Cros, Paul Boudehent, Gregory Alldritt, Antoine Dupont (captain), Matthieu Jalibert, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Yoram Moefana, Pierre-Louis Barassi Damian Penaud, Thomas Ramos.
Replacements: Julien Marchand, Cyril Baille, Georges-Henri Colombe, Hugo Auradou, Mickael Guillard, Oscar Jegou, Nolann Le Garrec, Emilien Gailleton.
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