XV of France – Patrick Tuifua, Antoine Frisch, Tevita Tatafu... Fabien Galthié reveals the tracks for the summer tour

This summer, the French XV will play four matches, two of which will not really count as withdrawals. The opportunity to possibly see players like Patrick Tuifua or Tevita Tatafu in the Rooster jersey.

After a contrasting 6 nations tournament, in which she finished seconddoes the French team have another meeting this summer. Fabien Galthié and his men will first face a World XV led by Ian Foster and Patrice Collazo in Bilbao before flying to the other side of the globe to play two “test matches” against Argentina, then a development match against Uruguay. However, the blue stars will mostly be rested (the semi-finalists in the Top 14 will not be able to participate), the opportunity will be great to see new faces in the rooster jersey, before they return to Duponts – Ntamack and others in the fall.

Non-blocking matches

If the two matches against the Pumas will count as selections, the other two matches and a “France Development Team” will not appear. Thus, the staff of the XV of France will be able to use players who are not yet “eligible” in blue or even others who are not yet sure that they will play for the French. The guest of the Super Moscato Show, Fabien Galthié announced that we could already see the Bayonne pillar, Tevita Tatafu, playing for the Blues although the latter will only be officially “eligible” in the autumn.

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The coach also confided that Antoine Frisch, the center of Muntser who announced that he wanted to play for France, was a possible alternative. The former scrum-half also mentioned the matter of Patrick Tuifua, as revealed in Midi Olympique, the young third wing could play the match against XV Mondial and possibly against Uruguay. The young Caledonian hotshot impressed during the U20 6 Nations tournament but he, who has played in New Zealand since the age of 15, would dream of playing for the All-Blacks. Since then, he has been approached by many clubs in France and while he joined the Hurricanes squad, his future is unclear. But these two matches will not be “block” As confirmed by the coach, the player will have the opportunity to discover the French XV of the greats without mortgaging his possible future in black.