Squad
Loosehead Prop: Cyril Baille, Girogi Beria, Jean-Baptiste Gros, Rabah Slimani
Hooker: Julien Marchand, Maxime Lamothe, Peato Mauvaka
Tighthead Prop: Dorian Aldegheri, Uini Antonio, Georges-Henri Colombe
Second Row: Hugo Auradou, Joshua Brennan, Thibaud Flament, Emmanuel Meafou, Clement Verge
Back Row: Francois Cros, Paul Boudehent, Gregory Alldritt, Maxime Baudonne, Marko Gazzotti, Mickael Guillard, Dylan Cretin, Oscar Jegou, Temu Matiu, Alexander Roumat
Scrum-half: Antoine Dupont, Maxime Lucu, Nolan Le Garrec
Fly-half: Romain Ntamack, Matthieu Jalibert,
Centres: Nicolas Depoortere, Yoram Moefana, Le Brun, Noah Nene, Antoine Frisch, Pierre-Louis Barassi, Gael Drean
Back Three: Thomas Ramos, Damian Penaud, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Theo Attissogbe, Gabin Villiere
France come into this tournament as many people's favourite. They have incredible depth as well as a host of stars. Antoine Dupont also returns to the Six Nations this year having spent the second half of last season playing 7s which ultimately ended with a gold medal at home Olympics. Le Garrec and Lucu were excellent in his place, highlighting the depth this squad possesses. France also have the advantage that they are no longer suffering from World Cup hangover which lead to a poor showing early on, particularly against Ireland which scuppered their chance of a Grand Slam before they even got started. This is basically a full strength France squad which will be expecting to go all the way this year. Their physicality sets them apart from the competition. Gael Fickou is injured and Damian Penaud is unavailable for the first game.
Player to watch
Antoine Dupont. He is the best player in the world and will surely light up this tournament, particularly now that he jas been reunited at the international level with his domestic halfback partner, Romain Ntamack who also returns having missed last year's edition.
My Team for the first game against Wales
1.Cyril Baille 2.Peato Mauvaka 3.Uini Antonio 4.Thibaud Flament 5.Emmanuel Meafou
6.Paul Boudehent 7.Alexander Roumat 8.Gregory Alldritt 9.Antoine Dupont 10.Romain Ntamack
11.Louis Bielle-Biarrey 12.Nicolas Depoortere 13.Yoram Moefana 14.Gabin Villiere 15.Thomas Ramos
16.Julien Marchand 17.Rabah Slimani 18.Dorian Aldegheri 19.Hugo Aroudou
20.Francois Cros 21.Dylan Cretin 22.Nolan Le Garrec 23.Matthieu Jalibert
Predicted finish: 1st
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