France Restore Key Starters for Murrayfield Test as Bonus-Point Win Would Seal Six Nations Title

Overview

• Fabien Galthié named his starting XV with Matthieu Jalibert back at fly-half and Bordeaux-Bègles centres Yoram Moefana and Nicolas Depoortere reinstated, moving Thomas Ramos to full-back alongside captain Antoine Dupont at scrum-half.
• Anthony Jelonch was cleared to start at No. 8, while Charles Ollivon and Mickaël Guillard were preferred in the second row, with Thibaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou listed among the replacements.
• Prop Demba Bamba was added to the bench after Georges-Henri Colombe withdrew with a calf issue, joining a reserves group that includes Rodrigue Neti, Peato Mauvaka, Lenni Nouchi, Baptiste Serin and Pierre-Louis Barassi.
• Scotland refreshed their pack with a new starting front row of Pierre Schoeman, George Turner and D’Arcy Rae, kept the Finn Russell–Ben White halfback pairing, and welcomed back No. 8 Jack Dempsey.
• Kickoff is Saturday at around 15:10–15:15 local time on TF1/TF1+, and France can clinch the championship with a four-try victory, as Galthié also criticized the cramped visiting facilities at Murrayfield.