US EditionFrance to Again Send Weakened Squad for All Blacks Season Opener
New player-release rules limit first-choice French players for the All Blacks test, with the deal running to 2031 and the Top 14 final held a week earlier in Paris.
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Nations Championship off to BAD start as France send 'B' squad to New Zealand
France are set to be without a host of their first-choice players for their Nations Championship opener with New Zealand, after the French Rugby Federation (FFR) and the French rugby league (LNR) announced an agreement on Tuesday. Fabien Galthie’s Les Bleus face the All Blacks in Christchurch on 4 July, but the head coach will be unable to select individuals involved in the French Top 14 final, held a week earlier in Paris. Case-by-case agreemen…
DECRYPTAGE - The new convention between the Federation and the League makes the internationals available. Among the other new developments, the formation of a group of experts to ensure the health of the players.
The FFR and the LNR have drawn up a new convention, which sets the number of players selected by Fabien Galthie at 42. The scheme must preserve the interests of the French team as well as those of professional clubs.
In particular, the French XV rider will always be able to count on a group of 42 players at each beginning of the rally until 2031, according to the new contract signed between the French Federation and the National League.
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