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Parra named as France U20 skipper

Parra named as France U20 skipper

Morgan Parra, who has won three senior French caps during this season’s RBS Six Nations Championship, will captain France U20 against Wales U20 at Rodney Parade tomorrow (Friday) night.

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The Bourgoin scrum half, a replacement against Scotland and Ireland and a starter against England despite being eight months short of his 20th birthday, leads a powerful Les Bleus managed by French legend Philippe Sella.

Parra played in all six of Bourgoin’s Heineken Cup matches this season, including their clashes with the Ospreys, and is joined in the French U20 team by Stade Français Paris centre Mathieu Bastareaud.


Bastareaud played in two Heineken Cup matches for Stade this season, including their match against Cardiff Blues at the Arms Park.


Wales, who have won their last three matches after losing to England on the opening weekend, are in second place in the U20 Six Nations table with France, who have also recorded three wins, third on points difference.


Wales and France will face each other again on June 14th at the Liberty Stadium in Pool D of the inaugural IRB Junior World Championship being staged by Wales.


France U20:
15. Julien DUMORA (Pau)
14. Benjamin FALL (Begles Bordeaux)
13. Guillaume NAMY (Brive)
12. Mathieu BASTAREAUD (Stade Francais Paris)
11. Wesley FOFANA (Clermont Auvergne)
10. Mathieu BELIE (Toulouse)
9. Morgan PARRA (capt, Bourgoin)
1. Nicolas Agnesi (Toulon)
2. Antonin RAFFAULT (Clermont Auvergne)
3. Arthur JOLY (Stade Français Paris)
4. Yoann MAESTRI (Toulon)
5. Adam JAULHAC (Brive)
6. Yohann VIVALDA (Perpignan)
7. Laurent THUERY (Toulouse)
8. Raphael LAKAFIA (Grenoble)

Replacements:
16. Clément MAYNADIER (Albi)
17. Rabah SLIMANI (Stade Français Paris)
18. Jean Baptiste ROIDOT (Biarritz Olympique)
19. Arthur CHOLLON (Bordeaux Begles)
20. Thierry LACRAMPE (Tarbes Pyrénées)
21. Khaled ZAGAR (Toulon)
22. Cédric COLL (Perpignan)

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