"If the Opta supercomputer is to be believed, this is as good as over before its started. The machine that works in mysterious ways informs me that France have a 92.2% chance of winning with a predicted score of 41-18. Sounds about right to me. Share I've had a shocker. As reader Gavin Daly points out, The game is being played in Lille! My apologies. That's corrected. I hope no travelling fan made the same me! We'll always have Paris Lille."
"The lightning feet of Ange Capuozzo returns after a spell out with injury while Italy starts with the same pack that featured in Dublin last Saturday, with Michele Lamaro captaining the side from blind-side flanker. Capuozzo slots in at fullback, replacing Lorenzo Pani who misses out on the match-day 23 entirely. That's the only change to the starting XV from last week. A bunch of regulars are still missing, including Ignacio Brex who remains unavailable for family reasons."
"Fabian Galthie has named an entirely new second row and not dropped an ounce of quality. Those are some deep pockets the French coach has and he's reached down and plucked out Thibaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou to replace Charles Ollivon and Mickael Guillard, both of whom drop to the bench. More heft, less jazz then. It's the same backline that has done the business so far as Antoine Dupont and Matthieu Jalibert continue to forge the most exciting halfback combo in the game."
Opta gives France a 92.2% chance of victory with a predicted score of 41-18. The match location was corrected to Lille. Italy restores Ange Capuozzo at fullback after injury and retains the same pack from Dublin, with Michele Lamaro captaining from blind-side flanker; Lorenzo Pani drops out of the match-day 23 and Ignacio Brex remains unavailable for family reasons. Italy makes only one change to the starting XV from the previous week. France names a completely new second row, selecting Thibaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou to replace Charles Ollivon and Mickael Guillard, while Antoine Dupont and Matthieu Jalibert remain the halfback pairing.
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