2008 Six Nations Championship Squads - France

France

Initial squad announced on 22 January 2008, accessed from BBC. Changes since then are:

  • Before the competition began, Florian Fritz was injured in training on 30 January 2008 and will miss the whole of the Six Nations. David Marty was called up to replace him. Prop Nicolas Mas was also called up to the squad to replace Jean-Baptiste Poux.
  • After France's first match, Anthony Floch was called up to the squad because of an injury to Julien Malzieu and Louis Picamoles was also called up in place of Elvis Vermeulen, who was dropped from the squad completely due to a rib injury.
  • After France's second match, locks Romain Millo-Chluski and Pascal Pape and fullback Clément Poitrenaud were called up to the squad, in place of Loïc Jacquet, Arnaud Méla and Anthony Floch on 13 February; Floch was re-called after Poitrenaud broke his ankle, and Jean-Baptiste Poux replaced the injured Julien Brugnaut. On 19 February, Millo-Chluski withdrew because of injury and Jérôme Thion was called up as a replacement. Dimitri Yachvili was also called up to the squad when Jean-Baptiste Élissalde was ruled out with a calf injury.
  • After France's loss to England in Round 3, coach Marc Lièvremont dropped seven players from his squad—Cédric Heymans, Morgan Parra, Thierry Dusautoir, Lionel Faure, David Marty, David Skrela and William Servat. Five uncapped players were called up for the Italy match: Fabien Barcella, Yann David, Guilhem Guirado, Julien Tomas and Ibrahim Diarra. Julien Malzieu returned to the squad after recovering from his injury, and veteran Yannick Jauzion was recalled. Julien Bonnaire was initially dropped in favour of Imanol Harinordoquy, but returned to the squad after Harinordoquy was ruled out with a muscle tear in an ankle suffered on 23 February. Arnaud Méla was recalled after Pascal Pape suffered a knee injury on 1 March.
  • For the championship decider against Wales, Lièvremont chose to recall several veterans. David, Diarra, Guirado, Picamoles, Aurélien Rougerie, and Tomas were dropped. Both Élissalde and Vermeulen returned to the squad after recovering from their injuries. Also returning to the squad were Dusautoir, Heymans, Servat, and Skrela.

Head Coach: Marc Lièvremont

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
Guilhem Guirado Hooker 17 June 1986 1 Perpignan
William Servat Hooker 9 December 1978 16 Toulouse
Dimitri Szarzewski Hooker 26 January 1983 22 Stade Français
Fabien Barcella Prop 27 October 1983 3 Auch
Julien Brugnaut Prop 17 November 1981 0 Dax
Lionel Faure Prop 26 November 1977 0 Sale
Nicolas Mas Prop 25 May 1980 15 Perpignan
Jean-Baptiste Poux Prop 26 September 1979 21 Toulouse
Loic Jacquet Lock 31 March 1985 2 Clermont
Arnaud Méla Lock 19 January 1980 0 Brive
Romain Millo-Chluski Lock 20 April 1983 4 Toulouse
Lionel Nallet (c) Lock 14 September 1976 32 Castres
Pascal Papé Lock 5 December 1980 16 Stade Français
Jérôme Thion Lock 2 December 1977 40 Biarritz
Julien Bonnaire Flanker 20 September 1978 37 Clermont
Ibrahim Diarra Flanker 25 May 1983 1 Montauban
Thierry Dusautoir Flanker 18 November 1981 11 Toulouse
Fulgence Ouedraogo Flanker 21 July 1986 1 Montpellier
Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8 20 February 1980 51 Biarritz
Louis Picamoles Number 8 5 February 1986 3 Montpellier
Elvis Vermeulen Number 8 5 April 1979 8 Clermont
Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Scrum-half 23 November 1979 30 Toulouse
Morgan Parra Scrum-half 15 November 1988 0 Bourgoin
Julien Tomas Scrum-half 21 April 1985 2 Montpellier
Dimitri Yachvili Scrum-half 19 September 1980 38 Biarritz
David Skrela Fly-half 2 March 1979 11 Stade Français
François Trinh-Duc Fly-half 11 November 1986 0 Montpellier
Yann David Centre 15 April 1988 1 Bourgoin
Florian Fritz Centre 17 January 1984 25 Toulouse
Yannick Jauzion Centre 28 July 1978 55 Toulouse
David Marty Centre 30 October 1982 19 Perpignan
Damien Traille Centre 12 June 1979 58 Biarritz
Vincent Clerc Wing 7 May 1981 28 Toulouse
Julien Malzieu Wing 4 May 1983 0 Clermont
Aurélien Rougerie Wing 26 September 1980 51 Clermont
Anthony Floch Fullback 12 February 1983 3 Clermont
Cédric Heymans Fullback 20 July 1978 37 Toulouse
Clément Poitrenaud Fullback 20 May 1982 32 Toulouse

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