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France name 3 uncapped players in 37-strong Six Nations squad

France (Photo by Dan Mullan/The RFU Collection via Getty Images)

France boss Fabien Galthie has been quickest out of the blocks ahead of the 2021 Guinness Six Nations, announcing his squad of 37 players who will prepare for the February 6 opening round match away to Italy at Stadio Olimpico. 

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Fresh from an encouraging autumn programme that culminated in a second-place 2020 Six Nations finish and taking England to extra-time at Twickenham in the final of the Autumn Nations Cup, Galthie’s latest squad shows he is willing to experiment some more in his second calendar year in charge. 

Three uncapped players have made the first France squad of 2021, winger Donovan Taofifenua and prop Georges-Henri Colombe of Racing and Stade Francais centre Julien Delbouis. 

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Of the injured, Romain Ntamack, Demba Bamba and Cameron Woki all miss out but Francois Cros is part of the selection which Galthie hopes can win the Six Nations for France for the first time since 2010.

The squad which has Antoine Dupont as its heartbeat will train in Nice from January 25 to February 5 before flying to Rome to open a championship schedule that has them away to Ireland in Dublin in round two on February 14. They will then play Scotland at home and England away before finishing with a March 20 game in Paris versus Wales. 

FRANCE 2021 SIX NATIONS SQUAD
FRONT ROW: Uini Atonio (34 caps), Cyril Baille (23), Pierre Bourgarit (3), Camille Chat (30), Georges-Henri Colombe (0), Jean-Baptiste Gros (5), Mohamed Haouas (7),, Hassane Kolingar (2), Julien Marchand (9);
SECOND ROW: Killian Geraci (2), Bernard Le Roux (44), Baptiste Pesenti (2), Swan Rebbadj (1), Romain Taofifenua (20), Paul Willemse (12);
BACK ROW: Gregory Alldritt (18), Dylan Cretin (5), Francois Cros (8), Anthony Jelonch (4), Charles Ollivon (18), Selevasio Tolofua (1);

SCRUM-HALF: Baptiste Couilloud (5), Antoine Dupont (27), Baptiste Serin (39);
OUT-HALF: Louis Carbonel (2), Matthieu Jalibert (8);
CENTRE: Julien Delbouis (0), Gael Fickou (58), Virimi Vakatawa (27), Arthur Vincent (7);
WINGERS: Damian Penaud (17), Donovan Taofifenua (0), Teddy Thomas (22), Gabin Villiere (2);
FULL-BACK: Anthony Bouthier (6), Brice Dulin (31), Thomas Ramos (14).

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Too funny huh, must have injured himself in one of his heroic tackles last week where he had to extend his body to the limits.

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JW 16 minutes ago
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Saifoloi will add some much needed threat to the Crusaders attack, this could be just the right timing to catch other teams out like how the Chiefs did with Sititi last year.


Just what the Highlanders didn’t need from Penney as this, and most others, become must win games for their playoff spot.

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JD Kiwi 30 minutes ago
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Lots of great stats Nick. Is the report available to the public?


My World Cup preview had Ireland and Scotland’s golden generation with their best chances, France and Italy's too inexperienced and Wales and England between generations.


England is starting to look good but you'd have to say that France have a lot of top players coming into their peak.


I'd have expected a better accumulation of caps since then though for their young 2023 players and I'm not sure that the ten month club season is conducive to their players being fit and firing for the big event.

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Ace 32 minutes ago
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Kolbe isn’t a special wing. He’s a special rugby player.


Habana was a special wing. You don’t play 124 tests and score 67 tries for a top tier nation unless you’re something extraordinary.

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Mzilikazi 39 minutes ago
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“that Waratahs 10”. Yes, JWH, he is coming up fast from the pack. Always thought he had promise when with Qld., and he has done no harm to his prospects in his first year back in his home state.

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GP 44 minutes ago
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Great point . Thing is I could not care less who the Chiefs or other NZ teams pick week to week.But they love commenting on who the Crusaders pick, inevitably from a negative angle. The old saying of just worry about your own back yard does not apply to them.

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Mzilikazi 46 minutes ago
Crusaders impact could put veteran O’Connor in Wallabies mix for Lions

Thanks for the article Brett. Interesting topic for us to debate. James O’Connor would be my pick for being the most exciting back, maybe even could say the greatest, that I have seen emerge in my time living in Australia, now close to 40 years.


One of those interesting players, who could have played for any of the WB’s, AB’s, or Bok’s. And along with David Pocock, he was developed by the W. Force, after both were schooled in Brisbane. And both could have played for the Boks….just ponder on that one !


It was so sad to see him go off the rails, and waste some of his best years, lost to the WB’s. But the story does have this great ending. Thrown a lifeline by Sale Sharks in England, where he took his chances and worked hard, and was a good team player, by all accounts highly valued. Then coming back to the the state of his birth, and playing for the Qld. Reds. There is no doubt in my mind that he has been a big element in the Reds becoming a much better side during his time with them. And now what is probably the last chapter, playing for one of the great rugby teams, the Crusaders.


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Good stuff Brett! You'd have thought that Joe will at least bring him into the squad as a father figure and see how he performs on and off the training paddock.

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