Eddie Jones Fabien Galthie Matthieu Jalibert Romain Ntamack Paul Willemse Gregory Alldritt Melvyn Jaminet Jonathan Danty Maxime Lucu France Scotland Australia New Zealand Fiji rwc 2023 Rugby as Eddie Jones Fabien Galthie Matthieu Jalibert Romain Ntamack Paul Willemse Gregory Alldritt Melvyn Jaminet Jonathan Danty Maxime Lucu France Scotland Australia New Zealand Fiji

Alldritt to lead France against Fiji as Willemse and Cros return

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La Rochelle loose forward Gregory Alldritt will captain France in Saturday's Rugby World Cup warm-up against Fiji as Paul Willemse and Francois Cros are recalled by the tournament hosts.Alldritt will lead a heavily rotated team in Nantes as Montpellier lock Willemse and Toulouse flanker Cros return from injury, with France coach Fabien Galthie set to name his 33-man World Cup squad next Monday.La Rochelle's Antoine Hastoy comes in at flyhalf for Romain Ntamack, who has been ruled out of the tournament with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament sustained in last week's 30-27 win over Scotland.WATCH | Eddie Jones loses his cool with reporters at airport: 'Part of you blokes are the problem'Hastoy, capped three times, gets the nod ahead of Bordeaux-Begles stand-off Matthieu Jalibert, and will pair up with scrumhalf Maxime Lucu for the first time.Toulouse's Melvyn Jaminet is set for his first France start since a Grand Slam-clinching 25-13 victory over England at last year's Six Nations.

Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Yoram Moefana start on the wings.Centre Arthur Vincent - who made his first international appearance in over two injury-plagued years in the 25-21 loss to Scotland on 5 August - will line up alongside Jonathan Danty, one of just two players to keep his place from a week ago along with Alldritt.France will have their final warm-up game against Australia at the Stade de France next weekend.

They open the World Cup against New Zealand on 8 September. France team: 15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 13 Jonathan Danty, 12 Arthur Vincent, 11 Yoram Moefana, 10 Antoine Hastoy, 9 Maxime Lucu, 8 Gregory Alldritt (captain), 7 Dylan Cretin, 6 Francois Cros, 5 Paul Willemse, 4 Florian Verhaeghe, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Peato

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