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Six uncapped players make France XV to face England


Theo Attissogbe #14 of France celebrates scoring a try with Emilien Gailleton #23 of France during the Guinness Six Nations 2026 match between France and England at Stade de France on March 14, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images)
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Fabien Galthie has named a France XV side containing six uncapped players to face England XV on Friday in Vannes, live on RugbyPass TV.

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Four of the uncapped players are in the starting XV for this uncapped contest – Castres’ former Australia U20 lock Tom Staniforth, his club-mate Christian Ambadiang on the wing, Bayonne flanker Esteban Capilla and Pau wing Grégoire Auteuil.

ASM Clermont-Auvergne hooker Barnabé Massa and Pau fly-half Axel Desperes complete the cohort of uncapped players in the squad for the fixture at the Stade de la Rabine.

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Lyon lock Mickaël Guillard will captain the side as they warm up for their Nations Championship campaign in July.

Les Bleus take on the All Blacks, Australia and Japan in July but are currently dealing with a squad bereft of their players from Toulouse, Montpellier, Stade Francais and Racing 92, who are competing in the Top 14 semi-finals this weekend.

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The team also contains Bordeaux-Begles loosehead Jefferson Poirot, who has made his return to the French set-up for the first time in six years following a stellar season with the Investec Champions Cup winners.

France XV: 15 Théo Attissogbe; 14 Christian Ambadiang, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Grégoire Arfeuil; 10 Antoine Hastoy, 9 Nolann Le Garrec; 1 Jefferson Poirot, 2 Maxime Lamothe, 3 Sipili Falatea, 4 Mickaël Guillard (captain), 5 Tom Staniforth, 6 Temo Matiu, 7 Esteban Capilla, 8 Marko Gazzotti

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Replacements: 16 Barnabé Massa, 17 Réda Wardi, 18 Régis Montagne, 19 Boris Palu, 20 Killian Tixeront, 21 Baptiste Jauneau, 22 Axel Despérès, 23 Fabien Brau-Boirie

England XV: 15. Marcus Smith; 14. Noah Caluori; 13. Max Ojomoh; 12. Seb Atkinson; 11. Cadan Murley; 10. George Ford (captain); 9. Harry Randall; 1. Asher Opoku-Fordjour; 2. Theo Dan; 3. George Kloska; 4. Charlie Ewels; 5. George Martin; 6. Ted Hill; 7. Tom Curry; 8. Alex Dombrandt

Replacements: 16. Jamie Blamire; 17. Beno Obano; 18. Vilikesa Sela; 19. Nick Isiekwe; 20. Jack Kenningham; 21. Raffi Quirke; 22. Benhard Janse van Rensburg; 23. Adam Radwan

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