A week after the victory of the Blues in Aichi, the two selections meet on the lawn of the Olympic Stadium on Saturday.
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We take (almost) the same ones and start over. The XV of France finds the Japanese for the second match of the summer tour, Saturday July 9, in Tokyo. In heavy atmospheric conditions, marked by a typhoon alert which has long hovered over the archipelago, the Blues want to confirm their good performance from the first meeting (42-23 victory) on July 2, refine the automatic mechanisms, and make the full of confidence.
Coach Fabien Galthié has renewed the same starting composition, with one exception: the young rear of Racing 92 Max Spring (21 years old) is making his debut in the blue jersey instead of Melvyn Jaminet. Peato Mauvaka, spared in training on Tuesday, is present, while Charles Ollivon once again wears the captain’s armband.