Maro Itoje will no longer sing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. "Personally, I will no longer sing this song," said the second line of the XV de la Rose, taken up by L'Équipe.

In question ? The chorus. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Coming for to carry me home”, which means: “Sway gently, sweet chariot; Come take me home." These words represented the hope of American slaves to reach the afterlife, just like Elijah, the prophet who would have reached paradise by chariot.