International Rugby July 1 - 3

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Australia A v Junior ABs July 1 Australia v France July 2 Samoa v Tonga July 3 Teams and other relevant info is starting to come out, will post info as it comes, and edit posts to keep all relavent game info in the same post.

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Re: International Rugby July 1 - 3 Australia v France EDIT line set at around the 11.5 12.5 mark France: 15 Nicolas Brusque, 14 Julien Laharrague, 13 Yannick Jauzion, 12 Benoit Baby, 11 Cedric Heymans, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Jean Baptiste Elissalde (captain), 8 Julien Bonnaire, 7 Olivier Magne, 6 Remy Martin, 5 Pascal Pape, 4 Gregory Lamboley, 3 Denis Avril, 2 Dimitri Swarzewski, 1 Olivier Milloud. Replacements: 16 Sebastien Bruno, 17 Sylvain Marconnet, 18 Thibault Privat, 19 Yannick Nyanga, 20 Dimitri Yachvili, 21 Damien Traille, 22 Julien Candelon. Big changes made by French coach Laporte from the side that lost the 2 match series in SA 1 - 0. Theres a completely new front row, injury forced change at half back, Laharrague comes in on the wing, Benoit Baby at second five, and finally Olivier Magne comes in at openside. Looks to be a much stronger team that the last team they put out against the Boks. 5 of the 7 backs are from the club side Toulouse, so combinations should be good there. The front row is reportedly very strong, but the big blow to the team was the loss of captain and half back, Yachvili. Will wait and see on the OZ team, but baring injuruires expect the same team that trounced Italy. Latham might be back, as may Phil Waugh, but as yet Im unsure of their injury status. EDIT : Australian team named, with 1 change to starting XV. Latham in for Rogers at full back. Australia: 15. Chris Latham, 14. Wendell Sailor, 13. Stirling Mortlock, 12. Matt Giteau, 11. Lote Tuqiri, 10. Stephen Larkham, 9. George Gregan (captain), 8. David Lyons, 7. George Smith, 6. Rocky Elsom, 5. Nathan Sharpe, 4. Mark Chisholm, 3. Al Baxter, 2. Jeremy Paul, 1. Bill Young. Res: 16. Stephen Moore, 17. Matt Dunning, 18. Al Campbell, 19. John Roe, 20. Chris Whitaker, 21. Morgan Turinui, 22. Mat Rogers.