France and Galthié face critics and Italy in the Six Nations
Associated PressFabien Galthié compares the critics rounding on his France team to impatient viewers of a reality TV show. “The France team isn’t Star Academy or Koh Lanta,” he said, referring to popular TV shows where contestants are voted off each week. “We were losing until the 69th minute, we’d lost our captain to injury and young players had to come on.” One of those was 19-year-old lock Posolo Tuilagi, whose reward for a solid showing is a first test start on Sunday. No team is more demanding than us.” ___ Lineups: France: Thomas Ramos, Damian Penaud, Gael Fickou, Jonathan Danty, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Matthieu Jalibert, Maxime Lucu; Francois Cros, Charles Ollivon, Paul Boudehent, Posolo Tuilagi, Cameron Woki, Uini Atonio, Peato Mauvaka, Cyril Baille. Italy: Ange Capuozzo, Tommaso Menoncello, Juan Ignacio Brex, Federico Mori, Monty Ioane, Paolo Garbisi, Martin Page-Relo; Ross Vintcent, Michele Lamaro, Riccardo Favretto, Federico Ruzza, Niccolò Cannone, Giosuè Zilocchi, Giacomo Nicotera, Danilo Fischetti.
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