France have signalled their expectations that star scrum-half Antoine Dupont shall be match for the Six Nations by naming the Toulouse half-back in a 42-man squad.
Dupont has missed the final month due to a knee drawback however is in line to return to membership motion with Toulouse this weekend.
Les Bleus shall be handed a major enhance ought to the excellent playmaker be prepared for full preparations for the event, with France’s opener a house conflict with Italy on February 6.
Dupont captained France within the autumn in Charles Ollivon’s absence and will proceed with the armband given the common skipper’s long-term restoration from knee issues.
Head coach Fabien Galthie has named 4 uncapped gamers in his prolonged event squad.
Clermont prop Daniel Bibi Biziwu and Racing 92 flanker Yoan Tanga are the brand new faces up entrance, whereas Lyon fly-half Leo Berdeu and La Rochelle centre Jules Favre have an opportunity to impress behind the scrum.
Bordeaux fly-half Matthieu Jalibert has not been included however shall be pushing laborious to return from a thigh damage in time to show his health and drive a manner again into the reckoning.
Racing flyers Virimi Vakatawa and Teddy Thomas have squeezed again into the image too.
Lock Bernard La Roux may cross 50 caps on this 12 months’s competitors, and represents one in all simply 4 gamers over the age of 30.
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