La Rochelle’s Antoine Hastoy was given the chance to start at fly-half with Bordeaux-Begles’ Matthieu Jalibert on the bench.
FRANCE BEAT FIJI 34-17 in Nantes in a Rugby World Cup warm-up days after influential fly-half Romain Ntamack was ruled out of the tournament.
Fiji winger Josua Tuisova, who has played his club rugby in France since 2013, withdrew from the game in Nantes earlier in the day with Toulon’s Jiuta Wainiqolo taking his place.The hosts led 9-3 after 20 minutes as full-back Melvyn Jaminet, putting his hand up to be named on Monday in Fabien Galthie’s World Cup squad, kicked three penalties before Caleb Muntz responded for the visitors.
Muntz converted to make it 24-17 with half an hour to play in humid conditions at Stade de la Beaujoire. The full-back kicked another penalty with 10 minutes to play as Mauvaka moved to No. 8 and took over as captain with Gregory Alldritt off.
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