France XV: Montpellier's Louis Carbonel out of Argentina tour

Louis Carbonel ne partira pas en tournée avec les Bleus. Midi Libre – JEAN MICHEL MART

Le demi d’ouverture du MHR qui rejoindra le Stade Français l’année prochaine, serait touché aux ischio-jambiers ;

Montpellier flyhalf Louis Carbonel, injured, had to forfeit the tour of the XV of France, AFP learned on Monday from a source close to the player, confirming information of Midi Olympique.

Segonds to replace it ?

According to the specialized bi-weekly, Carbonel (25 years old, 5 caps), injured in the hamstring, should be replaced by his Stade français counterpart Joris Segonds (27 years old, 0 caps). Segonds has just been eliminated in the semi-finals of the Top 14 by Bordeaux-Bègles (22-20). He missed a conversion at the very end of the match, which would have allowed the Parisian club to take UBB to overtime.

Of the 42 players called up, only three players have more than twenty caps: Toulon pillar Jean-Baptiste Gros (25 years old, 27 caps), Toulon scrum half Baptiste Serin (30 years old, 44 selections) and Lyon pillar Demba Bamba (26 years old, 26 selections). The French XV leaves on Wednesday for South America, where the French will play two tests against the Argentine Pumas (July 6 and 13) and one against the Uruguayan Teros (July 10).