NatWest 6 Nations Round 4 France Lionel Beauxis is the oldest player in this squad whilst Baptiste Couilloud is the youngest. This starting XV has 348 caps with a further 78 on the bench for a total of 426. Five players in this squad play their club rugby for Toulon whilst three play for Bordeaux-Bègles, Clermont, Montpellier and Racing 92. La Rochelle (2), Lyon (2), Stade Français (1) and Toulouse (1) are also represented. Matchday Squad Position Player Date of Birth Age Height (cm) Weight (kg) Caps 6N Debut Opponent 15 Hugo Bonneval 19/11/1990 27 182 80 10 09-Feb-14 14 Benjamin Fall 29/04/1989 28 186 90 8 07-Feb-10 13 Mathieu Bastareaud 17/09/1988 29 183 125 43 27-Feb-09 Wales 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou 16/09/1989 28 186 92 4 11-Feb-18 11 Remy Grosso 04/12/1988 29 188 103 2 23-Feb-18 10 Francois Trinh-Duc 11/11/1986 31 184 82 64 03-Feb-08 9 Maxime Machenaud 30/12/1988 29 173 82 34 03-Feb-13 1 Jefferson Poirot 01/11/1992 25 182 112 17 06-Feb-16 2 Guilhem Guirado 17/06/1986 31 180 109 59 09-Mar-08 3 Rabah Slimani 18/10/1989 28 178 112 44 01-Feb-14 England 4 Paul Gabrillagues 03/06/1993 24 200 120 5 03-Feb-18 5 Sebastien Vahaamahina 21/10/1991 26 200 119 31 09-Mar-13 6 Wenceslas Lauret 28/03/1989 28 188 92 15 21-Feb-14 Wales 7 Yacouba Camara 02/06/1994 23 193 96 9 06-Feb-16 8 Marco Tauleigne 30/08/1993 24 191 111 3 03-Feb-18 16 Adrien Pelissie 07/08/1990 27 181 110 3 03-Feb-18 17 Dany Priso 02/01/1994 24 182 110 2 03-Feb-18 18 Cedate Gomes Sa 07/08/1993 24 185 105 3 03-Feb-18 19 Romain Taofifenua 14/09/1990 27 200 121 12 03-Feb-13 20 Kelian Galletier 18/03/1992 25 187 94 2 23-Feb-18 21 Baptiste Couilloud 22/07/1997 20 175 77 1 23-Feb-18 22 Lionel Beauxis 14/10/1985 32 180 86 22 03-Feb-07 23 Gael Fickou 26/03/1994 23 190 99 33 16-Mar-13
Team France Squad average age 27 years 57 days Starting XV average age 27 years 311 days Starting forwards average age 26 years 268 days Starting backs average age 29 years 48 days Squad average height (cm) 186 Starting XV average height (cm) 186 Starting forwards average height (cm) 189 Starting backs average height (cm) 183 Squad average weight (kg) 101 Starting XV average weight (kg) 102 Starting forwards average weight (kg) 109 Starting forwards total weight (kg) 871 Starting backs average weight (kg) 93 NatWest 6 Nations 2018 Appearance Data Name Appearances Starts Subs Total Mins Points Tries Adrien Pelissie 3 0 3 25 0 0 Anthony Belleau 2 0 2 61 2 0 Antoine Dupont 1 0 1 7 0 0 Arthur Iturria 2 2 0 140 0 0 Baptiste Couilloud 1 0 1 10 0 0 Baptiste Serin 1 0 1 40 6 0 Benjamin Fall 2 1 1 90 0 0 Cedate Gomes Sa 3 0 3 59 0 0 Dany Priso 2 0 2 46 0 0 Eddy Ben Arous 1 0 1 23 0 0 Francois Trinh-Duc 1 0 1 10 2 0 Gael Fickou 1 0 1 15 0 0 Geoffrey Doumayrou 2 2 0 145 0 0 Geoffrey Palis 2 2 0 160 0 0 Guilhem Guirado 3 3 0 215 0 0 Henry Chavancy 1 1 0 80 0 0 Hugo Bonneval 1 1 0 80 5 1 Jefferson Poirot 3 3 0 171 0 0 Kelian Galletier 1 0 1 24 0 0 Kevin Gourdon 1 1 0 80 0 0 Lionel Beauxis 2 2 0 140 0 0 Louis Picamoles 1 0 1 23 0 0 Marco Tauleigne 3 2 1 151 0 0 Mathieu Bastareaud 1 1 0 80 5 1 Matthieu Jalibert 1 1 0 29 0 0 Maxime Machenaud 3 3 0 183 33 0
Name Appearances Starts Subs Total Mins Points Tries Paul Gabrillagues 3 1 2 110 5 1 Rabah Slimani 3 3 0 181 0 0 Remy Grosso 1 1 0 80 0 0 Romain Taofifenua 1 0 1 15 0 0 Rémi Lamerat 2 2 0 160 0 0 Sebastien Vahaamahina 3 3 0 215 0 0 Teddy Thomas 2 2 0 160 15 3 Virimi Vakatawa 2 2 0 150 0 0 Wenceslas Lauret 3 3 0 226 0 0 Yacouba Camara 3 3 0 216 0 0 NatWest 6 Nations All-time Appearance Data All-time 6 Nations v England Name Apps Minutes Points Tries Apps Minutes Points Tries Adrien Pelissie 3 25 0 0 - - - - Baptiste Couilloud 1 10 0 0 - - - - Benjamin Fall 6 370 5 1 1 80 0 0 Cedate Gomes Sa 3 59 0 0 - - - - Dany Priso 2 46 0 0 - - - - Francois Trinh-Duc 34 1681 20 2 7 330 3 0 Gael Fickou 18 911 20 4 4 246 5 1 Geoffrey Doumayrou 2 145 0 0 - - - - Guilhem Guirado 27 1309 10 2 4 189 0 0 Hugo Bonneval 5 356 15 3 - - - - Jefferson Poirot 8 450 0 0 1 58 0 0 Kelian Galletier 1 24 0 0 - - - - Lionel Beauxis 14 642 67 0 2 113 9 0 Marco Tauleigne 3 151 0 0 - - - - Mathieu Bastareaud 24 1362 20 4 5 253 0 0 Maxime Machenaud 20 910 90 0 4 136 26 0 Paul Gabrillagues 3 110 5 1 - - - - Rabah Slimani 22 1031 5 1 4 155 5 1 Remy Grosso 1 80 0 0 - - - - Romain Taofifenua 8 179 5 1 1 13 0 0 Sebastien Vahaamahina 14 723 0 0 1 71 0 0 Wenceslas Lauret 10 642 0 0 1 11 0 0 Yacouba Camara 6 412 0 0 - - - -
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