{"id":520395,"date":"2026-03-05T13:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/520395\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:45:10","slug":"france-revert-back-to-side-that-swept-ireland-aside-for-scotland-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/520395\/","title":{"rendered":"France revert back to side that swept Ireland aside for Scotland clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

France<\/a> head coach Fabien Galthie<\/a> has named the same starting XV that brushed Ireland<\/a> aside in the opening round of the Guinness Six Nations<\/a> for the round four clash with Scotland<\/a> at Murrayfield on Saturday.<\/p>\n

France have been boosted by the return of several stars, with the previously injured Bordeaux-Begles midfield unit of Matthieu Jalibert<\/a>, Yoram Moefana<\/a> and Nicolas Depoortere<\/a> all returning to start having missed the 33-8 victory over Italy<\/a> in round three. The centre pairing also missed the round two triumph over Wales, with Pau\u2019s duet of Fabien Brau-Boirie and \u00c9milien Gailleton deputising over the past two matches.<\/p>\n

Having started against Italy, Toulouse\u2019s second-row pairing of Thiabaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou<\/a> find themselves on the bench again, with Charles Ollivon<\/a> and\u00a0 Micka\u00ebl Guillard, who linked up for a try at the Stade de France against Ireland, returning to the starting XV.<\/p>\n

The return of France\u2019s stars in the backline means Ga\u00ebl Dr\u00e9an, who scored on debut against Italy, is out of the squad again, while Thomas Ramos<\/a> has shifted back to full-back.<\/p>\n

On the bench, Demba Bamba<\/a> is poised to make his first appearance of this year\u2019s Championship, while Baptiste Serin<\/a> will make his 50th France appearance should he come on.<\/p>\n

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Scotland <\/p>\n

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France <\/p>\n

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No side has been able to get within 20 points of the France juggernaut so far this year, but Murrayfield promises to be their sternest Test thus far against a Scotland side that have back-to-back Six Nations wins over England<\/a> and Wales.<\/p>\n

Though they have been hampered by injuries over the past month, Gregor Townsend\u2019s side must now tackle the France XV<\/a> that started the Championship in style.<\/p>\n

France XV
15. Thomas Ramos
14. Th\u00e9o Attissogbe
13. Nicolas Depoortere
12. Yoram Moefana
11. Louis Bielle-Biarrey
10. Matthieu Jalibert
9. Antoine Dupont<\/a> (c)
1. Jean-Baptiste Gros
2. Julien Marchand
3. Dorian Aldegheri
4. Charles Ollivon
5. Micka\u00ebl Guillard
6. Fran\u00e7ois Cros
7. Oscar J\u00e9gou
8. Anthony Jelonch<\/p>\n

Replacements
16. Peato Mauvaka
17. Rodrigue Neti
18. Demba Bamba
19. Thibaud Flament
20. Emmanuel Meafou
21. Lenni Nouchi
22. Baptiste Serin
23. Pierre-Louis Barassi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France head coach Fabien Galthie has named the same starting XV that brushed Ireland aside in the opening…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-520395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}