France squad to tour Australia and Argentina
May 22, 2002

France coach Bernard Laporte has announced a 26 man squad for the tour to Argentina and Australia.

Laporte has stuck with the majority of the squad that clinched the Six Nations Championship earlier this year.

Lock David Auradou is the only major name missing from the squad as he will undergo shoulder surgery at the end of the season. In his place comes the only new face Agen lock Christophe Porcu.

France play Argentina in Buenos Aires on June 15 and then line-up against the Wallabies on June 22 and 29 in Melbourne and Sydney respectively.


France squad:
Forwards: Jean-Jacques Crenca (Agen), Pieter de Villiers (Stade Francais), Sylvain Marconnet (Stade Francais), Jean-Baptiste Poux (Narbonne), Raphael Ibanez (Castres), Olivier Azam (Gloucester), Fabien Pelous (Stade Toulousain), Olivier Brouzet (Northampton), Christophe Porcu (Agen), Sebastien Chabal (Bourgoin), Olivier Magne (Montferrand), Imanol Harinordoquy (Pau), Serge Betsen (Biarritz), Christian Labit (Stade Toulousain).

Backs: Fabien Galthie (Stade Francais, captain), Pierre Mignoni (Beziers), Gerald Merceron (Montferrand), Francois Gelez (Agen), Damien Traille (Pau), Tony Marsh (Montferrand), David Bory (Montferrand), Aurelien Rougerie (Montferrand), Nicolas Brusque (Biarritz), Nicolas Jeanjean (Stade Toulousain), Pepito Elhorga (Agen), Clement Poitrenaud (Stade Toulousain).

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