2009 Six Nations Championship Squads - France

France

France named their final 23-man squad for the Six Nations on 28 January. Eight players from their training squad lost their places in the final 23, with only Biarritz number 8 Imanol Harinordoquy being brought in from outside the original 30.

As cover for prop Lionel Faure,who was nursing an injured calf, Clermont Auvergne's Thomas Domingo was called up to the squad on 11 February. Maxime Mermoz was called up in place of the banned Florian Fritz. Renaud Boyoud was also drafted in place of the injured Benoît Lecouls. Mathieu Bastareaud was called up for the injured Lionel Beauxis with Benoît Baby moving to fly-half, while Sylvain Marconnet was brought into the squad after injuries to both Benoît Lecouls and Nicolas Mas. François Trinh-Duc was also called up as specialist fly-half cover. On 4 March Jérôme Thion, Julien Bonnaire and Damien Traille were all added to the squad, while Sébastien Chabal shifted from lock to the back row. For their final game against Italy, France called up William Servat and Frédéric Michalak to replace Benjamin Kayser who had a neck injury and Sébastien Tillous-Borde who withdrew with a biceps problem.

Head Coach: Marc Lièvremont

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
Benjamin Kayser Hooker 26 July 1984 5 Leicester Tigers
William Servat Hooker 9 December 1978 20 Toulouse
Dimitri Szarzewski Hooker 26 January 1983 30 Stade Français
Fabien Barcella Prop 27 October 1983 3 Biarritz
Renaud Boyoud Prop 7 May 1980 2 Dax
Thomas Domingo Prop 20 August 1985 0 Clermont
Lionel Faure Prop 26 November 1977 6 Sale Sharks
Benoît Lecouls Prop 22 March 1978 5 Toulouse
Sylvain Marconnet Prop 8 April 1976 71 Stade Français
Nicolas Mas Prop 25 May 1980 22 Perpignan
Sébastien Chabal Lock 8 December 1977 42 Sale Sharks
Romain Millo-Chluski Lock 20 April 1983 4 Toulouse
Lionel Nallet (c) Lock 14 September 1976 42 Castres
Jérôme Thion Lock 2 December 1977 42 Biarritz
Julien Bonnaire Flanker 20 September 1978 37 Clermont
Thierry Dusautoir Flanker 18 November 1981 17 Toulouse
Fulgence Ouedraogo Flanker 21 July 1986 11 Montpellier
Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8 20 February 1980 50 Biarritz
Louis Picamoles Number 8 5 February 1986 8 Montpellier
Frédéric Michalak Scrum-half 16 October 1982 50 Toulouse
Morgan Parra Scrum-half 15 November 1988 4 Bourgoin
Sébastien Tillous-Borde Scrum-half 29 April 1985 4 Castres
Lionel Beauxis Fly-half 24 October 1985 12 Stade Français
François Trinh-Duc Fly-half 11 November 1986 7 Montpellier
Benoît Baby Centre 7 September 1983 6 Clermont
Mathieu Bastareaud Centre 17 July 1988 0 Stade Français
Florian Fritz Centre 17 January 1984 13 Toulouse
Yannick Jauzion Centre 28 July 1978 55 Toulouse
Maxime Mermoz Centre 28 July 1986 1 Perpignan
Cédric Heymans Wing 20 July 1978 44 Toulouse
Julien Malzieu Wing 4 May 1983 6 Clermont
Maxime Médard Wing 16 November 1986 3 Toulouse
Clément Poitrenaud Fullback 20 May 1982 31 Toulouse
Damien Traille Fullback 12 June 1979 57 Biarritz

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