France are all over the place and that’s nothing new across the Channel…as would say a rugby fan from England!

France is definitively an unpredictable entity when it comes to World Cup.
In 2011, poor in the Pool stages but still managed to reach the final and they could have won the whole thing !
no matter how difficult the lead up to the tournament may have been, they are capable of beating anybody on their day.

More of the same from « Les Bleus »: Unpredictable… with “exuberance” and “flair”…

A stat to improve :
France struggled to open up defenses (in 2014 only Italy and Scotland averaging fewer clean breaks)…

let’s guess….

17 Forwards

5 Props:

• Thomas Domingo
• Uini Atonio
• Nicolas Mas
• Alexandre Menini
• Rabah Slimani

Vincent Debaty
Eddy Ben Arous
Xavier Chiocci

3 Hookers:

• Guilhem Guirado
• Benjamin Kayser
• Dimitri Szarzewski

Jean Charles Orioli

4 Locks:

• Alexandre Flanquart
• Yoann Maestri
• Pascal Papé
• Romain Taofifenua

Sébastien Vahaamahina
Jocelino Suta

5 Backrow (loose forwards):

• Damien Chouly
• Louis Picamoles
• Thierry Dusautoir
• Wenceslas Lauret
• Bernard Le Roux

Antonie Claassen
Yannick Nyanga
Antoine Burban
Fulgence Ouedraogo
Charles Ollivon
Loann Goujon

15 Backs

3 Halfbacks:

• Rory Kockott
• Sébastien Tillous-Borde
• Morgan Parra

Maxime Machenaud
Jean Marc Doussaint

3 First five–eighths:

• Camille Lopez
• Rémi Tales
• François Trinh-Duc

Jules Plisson
Frédéric Michalak
Pierre Bernard

4 Midfielders (Centers) :

• Mathieu Bastareaud
• Alexandre Dumoulin
• Wesley Fofana
• Rémi Lamerat

Gaël Fickou
Maxime Mermoz

5 Outside backs (Wings and Fullback)

• Scott Spedding
• Brice Dulin
• Yoann Huget
• Sofiane Guitoune
• Teddy Thomas

Noa Seru Nakaitaci
Maxime Médard
Hugo Bonneval
Benjamin Fall

There are some good players who will miss out.But these players would get the call up depending on injuries…

Enjoy the show and good luck of « Les Bleus »