melkdave says...

@Andy021

The thing to remember is Argentina arnt at full strength either for this tour.Alot of their players are still in europe being rested aswell ,as they look for more class players to bolster their squad for their priority this year .Their Rugby Championship debut against the big 3 SH teams.

Posted 17:48 02nd June 2012

melkdave says...

Personnally i would also like to see Bordes and Wineseski included in this squad ,The Parra-Trin-Duc axis i feel just isnt working atm ,and is struggling to release the french backline.It is a very expermental squad ,but PSA wont do a Livermont and cap every player he can lol.He is looking for class replacments for a few aging players i feel rather than a whole new team like ML

Posted 13:26 01st June 2012

seapointer says...

@melkdave ok PSA says he wants to "rest players" i just hope he isn't capping lads for the sake of it as livermont, i think i heard, capped 87 players in total .... and that was just the 6 nations

@cineseb regarding capping the young Doumayrou over Bastareaud thats perfectly fine but one would think that Bastareaud should at least be in the squad so to bring him on as a squad player.

Posted 09:39 01st June 2012

melkdave says...

PSA stated that he would be resting players ,after all its been a very long season all told and ,im sure the players would appreciate a rest .He also said he wants to look at some new combinations and players and this tour is a good time to do it imo

Posted 01:22 01st June 2012

pierredelot1 says...

Lets face it the Toulouse players have been showing signs of fatique this year. So St Andre has taken an opportunity to look at some of the others, good for France good for Toulouse. Barcella just hasn't really got there this season, since coming back from injury and into the World Cup squad he hasn't really managed to get back to his old level. Maybe next season he's too good a player to be ignored when on form. Wonder where he's going to play Fred, still a good No 9 but even at Toulouse he wasn't getting there a couple of seasons ago at 10, just too off the cuff. Would have liked to see Nyanga back in there. But lets face it toiurs to Argentina are long hard slugging matches and they have tested previous French squads, this one will be no different.

Posted 17:17 31st May 2012

kybone says...

Ruggernaut i was thinking the same thing! The headline is all about Michalak and yet the article itself doesn't even give him a mention :)

Posted 15:19 31st May 2012

Bones7 says...

@ seapointer, I think the Toulouse players and Barcella are possibly amongst those being rested as they've played a lot of rugby this season and Barcella's had a lot to do since coming back from a serious injury. Bastareud may be in the same category but it's a real mystery as to whether he'll be involved!

Posted 12:58 31st May 2012