Australia v France (July 5th, 2008)
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane (Australia)
Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008
Kickoff: 05:00 US Central
Australia
First XV: 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Peter Hynes, 13 Stirling Mortlock, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Lachlan Turner, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Luke Burgess, 1 Benn Robinson, 2 Stephen Moore, 3 Al Baxter, 4 James Horwill, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 6 Rocky Elsom, 7 Phil Waugh, 8 Stephen Hoiles.
Reserves: 16 Adam Freier, 17 Ben Alexander, 18 Dean Mumm, 19 George Smith, 20 Sam Cordingley, 21 Ryan Cross, 22 Cameron Shepherd.
France
First XV: 15 Benjamin Thiery, 14 Alexis Palisson, 13 Maxim Mermoz, 12 Thibault Lacroix, 11 David Janin, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Sebastian Tillous-Borde, 8 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Matthieu Lievremont, 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Sebastien Chabal, 3 Renaud Boyoud, 2 Sebastien Bruno, 1 Pierre Correia.
Reserves: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Benoit Lecouls, 18 David Couzinet, 19 Louis Picamoles, 20 Yannick Caballero, 21 Dimitri Yachvili, 22 Jean-Baptiste Peyras.
Australia v France (June 28th, 2008)
Venue: ANZ Stadium, Sydney (Australia)
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2008
Kickoff: 05:00 US Central
Australia
First XV: 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Peter Hynes, 13 Stirling Mortlock, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Luke Burgess, 1 Benn Robinson, 2 Stephen Moore, 3 Matt Dunning, 4 James Horwill, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 6 Rocky Elsom, 7 George Smith, 8 Wycliff Palu.
Reserves: 16 Adam Freier, 17 Al Baxter, 18 Dean Mumm, 19 Phil Waugh, 20 Sam Cordingley, 21 Ryan Cross, 22 Adam Ashley-Cooper.
France
First XV: 15 Pepito Elhorga, 14 Alexis Palisson, 13 Damian Traille, 12 François Trinh-Duc, 11 Benjamin Thiéry, 10 Benjamin Boyet, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 1 Lionel Faure, 2 Sébastien Bruno, 3 Benoît Lecouls, 4 Lionel Nallet, 5 Sébastien Chabal, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 7 Louis Picamoles, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy.
Reserves: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Renaud Boyoud, 18 David Couzinet, 19 Mathieu Lièvremont, 20 Sébastien Tillous-Bordes, 21 Thibault Lacroix, 22 David Janin.
2008 France Summer Squad
France named a 26-man squad for the summer tour to Australia. Players from Clermont, Toulouse, Stade Français, and Perpignan have been excluded due to participation in the Top 14 semi-finals.
Forwards: Sebastien Bruno, Benjamin Kayser, Lionel Faure, Pierre Correia, Benoit Lecouls, Renaud Boyoud, Lionel Nallet, David Couzinet, Sebastien Chabal, Louis Picamoles, Imanol Harinordoquy, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Mathieu Lievremont, Yannick Caballero.
Backs: Dimitri Yachvili, Sebastien Tillous-Bordes, Francois Trinh-Duc, Benjamin Boyet, Damien Traille, Thibault Lacroix, Maxime Mermoz, Benjamin Thiery, Jean-Baptiste Peyras, Alexis Palisson, David Janin, Pepito Elhorga.
20 Points
France will need to beat Wales by 20 points on Saturday to retain the 6 Nations trophy. France coach Marc Lievremont has opted for experience in the decider, calling several veteran players back into the side. Wales coach Warren Gatland has made only two changes to the starting team from last week’s game — James Hook over Stephen Jones at flyhalf and Huw Bennet over Matthew Rees at hooker.
Backs:
Anthony Floch, Vincent Clerc, Yannick Jauzion, Damien Traille, Julien Malzieu, David Skrela, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde.
Forwards:
Julien Bonnaire, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Thierry Dusautoir, Jerome Thion, Lionel Nallet, Nicolas Mas, Dimitri Szarzewski, Fabien Barcella.
Replacements:
William Servat, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Arnaud Mela, Elvis Vermeulen, Dimitri Yachvili, Francis Trinh-Duc, Cedric Heymans.
Backs:
Lee Byrne, Mark Jones, Tom Shanklin, Gavin Henson, Shane Williams, James Hook, Mike Phillips.
Forwards:
Gethin Jenkins, Huw Bennett, Adam Jones, Ian Gough, Alun-Wyn Jones, Jonathan Thomas, Martyn Williams, Ryan Jones.
Replacements:
Matthew Rees, Duncan Jones, Ian Evans, Gareth Delve, Dwayne Peel, Stephen Jones, Sonny Parker.
2008 6 Nations Squad (France)
France coach Marc Lievremont named the following squad for the 2008 6 Nations. Lionel Nallet will captain the side.
Backs:
Morgan Parra (Bourgoin), Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse), David Skrela (Stade Français), Francois Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Florian Fritz (Toulouse), Damien Traille (Biarritz), Vincent Clerc (Toulouse), Cedric Heymans (Toulouse), Julien Malzieu (Clermont), Aurelien Rougerie (Clermont).
Forwards:
Julien Brugnault (Dax), Lionel Faure (Sale Sharks), Jean-Baptiste Poux (Toulouse), Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Français), William Servat (Toulouse), Loic Jacquet (Clermont), Lionel Nallet (Castres), Arnaud Mela (Albi), Elvis Vermeulen (Clermont), Julien Bonnaire (Clermont), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier).