XV of France: injured in the thigh, Thomas Ramos will miss the November matches with the Blues

A hard blow for the XV of France. Thomas Ramos, who had injured his thigh in training at the beginning of October, relapsed, according to information from L'Équipe. The Stade Toulouse fullback hoped to return to competition at the end of the month to claim a place with the French XV during the second part of the Nations Championship (Fiji, South Africa, Argentina and a classification match). But after resuming collective sessions last week, the French international was injured again and will have to observe several additional weeks of rest.

For Fabien Galthié, the puzzle continues. The Blues coach already had to deal with a long list of injuries. Thomas Ramos thus joins Matthieu Jalibert (thigh), Thibaud Flament (shoulder), Emmanuel Meafou (knee), Julien Marchand (thigh) and Pierre-Louis Barassi (ankle) in the infirmary.

Still according to L’Équipe, Demba Bamba is also out. The right pillar of Racing 92 suffered a torn thigh. He must announce his list of 42 players selected for the second part of the Nations Championship on Wednesday. “Sometimes I have the impression of making a French team of survivors,” lamented Fabien Galthié in September.