Antoine Dupont returns for France

42 players have been selected int the French squad for the upcoming matches this fall against Japan, New Zealand and Argentina at the Stade de France.

The team will see the return of French captain and talisman Antoine Dupont. Dupont returns after a short hiatus from Rugby Union earlier this year, that saw him focus on sevens rugby with the French national team.

Dupont would go on to win the Gold Medal with France at the Paris Olympics. Here is a list of the team below:

Fronts

(Current club / Discovery club)

• Gregory ALDRITT (Stade Rochelais / FC Auch)
• Uini ATONIO (Stade Rochelais / Auckland Welsey College)
• Gaëtan BARLOT (Castres Olympique / AS Montferrandaise)
• Pierre BOCHATON (Union Bordeaux Bègles / Rugby Trévoux Chatillon)
• Paul BOUDEHENT (Stade Rochelais / SCO Rugby Angers)
• Joshua BRENNAN (Stade Toulousain / Toulouse Lalande Aucamville XV)
• Georges-Henri COLOMBE (Stade Rochelais / Racing Nanterre Rugby)
• François CROS (Stade Toulousain / RC Seilh-Fenouillet)
• Thibaud FLAMENT (Stade Toulousain, ASUB Rugby Waterloo)
• Marko GAZZOTTI (Union Bordeaux Begles / FC Aix les Bains)
• Jean-Baptiste GROS (RC Toulon / RC Tarascon)
• Mickaël GUILLARD (Lyon OU Rugby / RC Maurepas Élancourt
• Anthony JELONCH (Stade Toulousain / UA Vicoise)
• Maxime LAMOTHE (Union Bordeaux Bègles / Pessac Rugby)
• Peato MAUVAKA (Stade Toulousain / URC Dumbéa)
• Emmanuel MEAFOU (Stade Toulousain / Brothers Old Boys)
• Lenni NOUCHI (Montpellier Hérault Rugby / AS Béziers Hérault)
• Charles OLLIVON (RC Toulon / Saint-Pée UC)
• Alexandre ROUMAT (Stade Toulousain / AS Hossegor)
• Romain TAOFIFENUA (Racing 92 / AL Echirolles)
• Sébastien TAOFIFENUA (Lyon OU Rugby / AL Echirolles
• Tevita TATAFU (Aviron Bayonnais / EUA High School)
• Reda WARDI (Stade Rochelais / Montpellier Hérault Rugby)

Backs

• Théo ATTISSOGBE (Paloise / Peyrehorade Sports Rugby Section)
• Léo BARRÉ (Stade Français / RC Versailles)
• Léo BERDEU (Lyon OR Rugby / OL Grasse)
• Louis BIELLE-BIARREY (Union Bordeaux Bègles / RC Seyssinois)
• Romain BUROS (Union Bordeaux Bègles / Avenir Aturin)
• Paul COSTES (Stade Toulousain / Toulouse UC)
• Jonathan DANTY (Stade Rochelais / ASPTT Paris)
• Antoine DUPONT (Stade Toulousain / Magnoac FC)
• Gaël FICKOU (Racing 92 / US Seynoise)
• Antoine FRISCH (RC Toulon / Paris University Club)
• Émilien GAILLETON (Paloise / Cahors Rugby Saint Cadurcien Section)
• Mathieu JALIBERT (Union Bordeaux Bègles / ASS Stade Calédonien)
• Nolann LE GARREC (Racing 92 / RC Vannes)
• Mathis LEBEL (Stade Toulousain / Lombez Samatan Club)
• Maxime LUCU (Union Bordeaux Bègles / Saint-Pée UC)
• Yoram MOEFANA (Union Bordeaux Bègles / USA Limoges)
• Damian PENAUD (Union Bordeaux Bègles / EV Malemort Brive Olympique)
• Thomas RAMOS (Stade Toulousain / SC Mazamet)
• Gabin VILLIÈRE (RC Toulon / RC du Bocage Virois)