Philippe Saint-André will have to revise its plans after the opening defeat Sunday against Italy (23-18). After handing the captaincy XV of France Pascal Pape, it is countered to forfeit the second game of the tournament against the Six Nations Wales (18 hours Saturday at the Stade de France). Touched to the second lumbar line Stade French to abandon his under duress. "I can tell already that Pascal Pape will be absent against Wales. He suffers from sciatica, "said Saint-André, the Toulon specifying calling Jocelino Suta to compensate for his absence in the second line. The captain was released at the hour at the Olympic Stadium, grimacing and limping. Examinations performed Sunday night revealed "acute sciatica left", ie strong pain in lumbar extending the leg. The exact duration of his incapacity is not yet known, said Saint-André. The French coach said that no election had so far been arrested for the captaincy. "We choose the end of the day" Monday, he announced. During the meeting and after the release of Pape, the third line Thierry Dusautoir had found what was his role between 2009 and 2012. but the favor of tests in Argentina in June and November in France, spared Dusautoir and wounded had been removed this responsibility in favor of Paris.