France’s squad for the Rugby World Cup

 On 17 October 2022, Galthie named a 42-man team for the 2023 rugby union internationals against Australia, South Africa and Japan. On 30 October, Cyril Baille, Florent Vanverberghe, Dimitri Delibes, Jordan Joseph, and Emilien Gailleton were called up to the team. While Thomas Laclayat, Jerome Rey, Thomas Holmes, Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer and Pablo Uberti were released for the Rugby World Cup.

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On 7 November, Reda Wardi, Bastien Chalureau, Remi Piquette, Thomas Lavault, Pierre Boudehent and Samuel Ezeala were called up to the team.

On 14 November, Florian Nolann Le Garrec and Verhaeghe were called-up however Clement Castets and Florent Vanverberghe made their reappearance. Cyril Baille, Remi Piquette, Thibaud Flament, and Antoine Dupont were released.

The Rugby World Cup: Squad

Forwards

• Gregory Alldritt
• Uini Atonio
• Alexandre Becognee
• Pierre Bourgarit
• Dylan Cretin
• Sipili Falatea
• Thibaud Flament
• Killian Geraci
• Jean-Baptiste Gros
• Mohamed Haouas
• Anthony Jelonch
• Jordan Joseph
• Thomas Laclayat
• Sekou Macalou
• Julien Marchand
• Peato Mauvaka
• Charles Ollivon
• Dany Priso
• Yoan Tanga
• Romain Taofifenua

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• Florian Verhaeghe
• Reda Wardi
• Paul Willemse
• Cameron Woki

Backs

• Pierre-Louis Barassi
• Leo Berdeu
• Anthony Bouthier
• Romain Buros
• Baptiste Couilloud
• Jonathan Danty
• Ethan Dumortier
• Antoine Dupont
• Gael Fickou
• Matthieu Jalibert
• Matthis Lebel
• Maxime Lucu
• Yoram Moefana
• Romain Ntamack
• Damian Penaud
• Alivereti Raka
• Thomas Ramos
• Pablo Uberti

Head coach:  Fabien Galthie

Caps updated: 19 November 2022

Captain

Charles Ollivon. France will look to complete an undefeated 2022 against Japan in Toulouse on Sunday with a new skipper in Charles Ollivon.

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Numbers of Importance

• Youngest player: Yoram MOEFANA – 22 years old
• Oldest player: Uini ANTONIO – 32 years old
• Average: 27 years old
• Lightest player: Maxima LUCU – 83 kg
• Heaviest player: Uini ANTONIO- 145 kg
• Average weight: 106 kg

Selection strategy

In December 2016, when World Rugby was seeing a change in the eligibility rules for international assortment. FFR president Bernard Laporte declared that the body would want that all France national team members hold French passports. This requirement is in accumulation to then-current WR rules mandating three years’ residency for universal selection. A period in which WR augmented to five years of operative from 31 December 2020. Players who represented France preceding Laporte’s announcement persist eligible for assortment even if they do not hold French passports. Thus, since 2016 France have the lowest figure of foreign-born players in their Six Nations teams for the Rugby World Cup.

Remarkable players

Ten former France national team players have been inaugurated into the World Rugby Hall of Reputation. Its direct precursor is the IRB Hall of Fame, founded in 2006 by the sport’s international leading body. World Rugby, when it was recognized as the International Rugby Board. In late 2014, the IRB Hall compound with the distinct International Rugby Hall of Fame. With all Universal Hall inductees flattering members of the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

The major French rugby player

Uini Atonio. Born 26 March 1990) is a New Zealand-born specialized rugby union footballer of Samoan heritage who exemplifies France internationally. His usual place is a tight head prop. He now plays for the French club La Rochelle. BBC called him the major forward in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

• Height  

1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 in)       

• Weight

162 kg (25 st 7 lb; 357 lb)

• School

Wesley College, Auckland

Early life

Uini Atonio was intuitive in Timaru, New Zealand to Samoan fathers. He joined Wesley College, Auckland, where he joked rugby for the 1st XV. And was asked to join the Counties Manukau rugby academy. He exemplified Samoa under the 20s at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship in Japan. Atonio united the Counties Manukau ITM Cup team in 2010.

Debut for France

Atonio was employed by Patrice Collazo to seam La Rochelle for the 2011–12 Pro D2 term. In 2014, he completed the compulsory three years of placement to qualify for France internationally. And was involved in the 30-man France team for the 2014 November matches. He made his entrance for France in their 40–15 victory over Fiji on 8 November 2014.

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The Rugby World Cup: Honors

• Six Nations Championship: 2022
• Grand Slam: 2022
• European Rugby Champions Cup: 2021–2022

Marcel Communeau

 (1885–1971). A back-rower for Stade Français at the shillelagh level played in France’s first official international competition. Against New Zealand’s Original All Blacks in 1906. He went on to get 21 caps for France, serving as skipper for the country’s first Five Nations arrival. In 1910 and led France to its first-ever win in that rivalry 1911 against Scotland. Communeau is also credited with signifying that France adopts the rooster as its side emblem. He arrived at the World Rugby Hall in 2015.

Jean Prat 

(1923–2005). Received 51 caps playing for France from 1945 to 1955, and skippered France to their first wins over Wales and the All Blacks. He was also France’s skipper in 1954 when they gained their first-ever Five Nations. Prat was inaugurated to the International Hall of Fame in 2001 and the IRB Hall of Fame in 2011.

Lucien Mias

 (Born 1930), nicknamed Docteur Pack, was accredited with inventing the idea of the advantage line in forward play. When invested in the IRB Hall of Fame in 2011, he was called one of the most influential skippers in his country. He was most renowned for captaining France to a Test series victory over South Africa in 1958, the first such achievement in the 20th century for a touring lineup.

Uniform and colors

Until 1912, the strip (uniform) of the French side was white with two charms. The sign of USFSA, the figure that ruled the sport in France by then. After the first willing won by France in the conflict with Scotland in 1911, France’s skipper Marcel Communeau. Asked that the side adopt the coq gaulois (Gallic rooster), a historical symbol of France, as its symbol.

The symbol used by the French rugby lineup was a great achievement and was later accepted by the French allocation. At the Olympic Games of 1920 where the rooster was balanced on five Olympic rings. The rooster has since converted into a well-known symbol of French sides. French players are occasionally called Les coqs. And some French fans have been known to announce roosters on the playing ground before games.

In 2017 the FFR declared that Le Coq Sportif would once again be their companion for a period of six years. With them taking over the fabrication of the France countrywide Rugby shirt from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2024.

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