French rugby team: biography, news, photos and videos

Coach: Philippe Saint-André

Captain: Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse)

World Cup journey

Number of participations: 7

Best performance: Final (1987, 1999, 2011)

2015 World Cup:

Group D with Ireland, Italy, Canada and Romania

Team stars: Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Mathieu Bastareaud (Toulon), Morgan Parra (Clermont), Wesley Fofana (Clermont)

Effective :

BEFORE

Uini Atonio (La Rochelle), Eddy Ben Arous (Racing-Metro), Vincent Debaty (Clermont), Nicolas Mas (Montpellier), Rabah Slimani (French Stadium), Guilhem Guirado (Toulon), Benjamin Kayser (Clermont), Dimitri Szarzewski (Racing-Metro), Alexandre Flanquart (French Stadium), Yoann Maestri (Toulouse), Pascal Pape (French Stadium), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Bernard Le Roux (Racing-Metro), Yannick Nyanga (Toulouse), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier), Damien Chouly (Clermont), Louis Picamoles (Toulouse)

REAR

Rory Kockott (Castres), Morgan Parra (Clermont), Sebastien Tillous-Borde (Toulon), Frederic Michalak (Toulon), Remi Tales (Castres), Mathieu Bastareaud (Toulon), Alexandre Dumoulin (Racing-Metro), Gael Fickou (Toulouse), Wesley Fofana (Clermont), Brice Dulin (Racing-Metro), Sofiane Guitoune (Bordeaux-Begles), Yoann Huget (Toulouse), Noa Nakaitaci (Clermont), Scott Spedding (Bayonne)