French 36 Man Training Squad Named

[Neill_M]

Forwards: Eddy Ben Arous (Racing), Vincent Debaty (Clermont), Uini Atonio (La Rochelle), Xavier Chiocci (Toulon), Nicolas Mas (Montpellier), Rabah Slimani (Stade Français), Guilhem Guirado (Toulon), Benjamin Kayser (Clermont), Dimitri Szarzewski (Racing), Alexandre Flanquart (Stade Français), Yoann Maestri (Toulouse), Pascal Papé (Stade Français), Sébastien Vahaamahina (Clermont), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Damien Chouly (Clermont), Bernard Le Roux (Racing), Yannick Nyanga (Toulouse), Louis Picamoles (Toulouse), Fulgence Ouedroago (Ouedroago), Loann Goujon (La Rochelle).

Backs: Rory Kockott (Castres), Morgan Parra (Clermont), Sébastien Tillous-Borde (Toulon), Rémi Tales (Castres), Frédéric Michalak (Toulon), François Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Mathieu Bastareaud (Toulon), Wesley Fofana (Clermont), Rémi Lamerat (Castres), Gaël Fickou (Toulouse), Alexandre Dumoulin (Racing), Yoann Huget (Toulouse), Noa Nakaitaci (Clermont), Sofiane Guitoune (UBB), Brice Dulin (Racing), Scott Spedding (Bayonne).

36 man training squad for rwc named.

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,2588 ... 84,00.html

[Russ]

4 from the 3 time HEC champions

Shows how wrong their league is

[Setanta]

SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT: France have announced their preliminary 36 man squad for this year's Rugby World Cup:

PROPS
ATONIO; BEN AROUS; CHIOCCI; DEBATY; MAS; SLIMANI

HOOKERS
GUIRADO; KAYSER; SZARZEWSKI

SECOND ROWS
FLANQUART; MAESTRI; PAPE; VAHAAMAHINA

BACK ROWS
DUSAUTOIR (cap); LE ROUX; NYANGA; OUEDRAOGO; CHOULY; GOUJON; PICAMOLES

SCRUM HALVES
KOCKOTT; PARRA; TILLOUS-BORDE

FLY HALVES
MICHALAK; TALES; TRINH-DUC

CENTRES
BASTAREAUD; DUMOULIN; FICKOU; FOFANA; LAMERAT

FULL BACKS / WINGS
DULIN; GUITOUNE; HUGET; NAKAITACI; SPEDDING



No Lopez, Thomas, Mermoz and Médard...

[BaggyTrousers]

That lot couldn't bate eggs, I think they should be allowed to buy in some talent, England won't mind it's only fair.