France have bolstered their squad for the Nations Championship by calling up nine players involved in the Top 14 final, including captain Antoine Dupont.
The star scrumhalf is in line to make his first appearance for Les Bleus in the southern hemisphere since 2017 (against the Springboks in Durban) after being added to Fabien Galthié’s group following Toulouse’s 28-20 victory against Montpellier at the Stade de France.
The new arrivals will not feature in France’s opening Test against the All Blacks in Christchurch on Saturday, but are available for the matches against the Wallabies in Brisbane (11 July) and Japan in Tokyo (18 July).
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Dupont is joined by fellow Toulouse players Peato Mauvaka (hooker), Emmanuel Meafou (lock), Alexandre Roumat (flank), Romain Ntamack (flyhalf) and Kalvin Gourgues (centre), while Montpellier trio Florian Verhaeghe (lock), Lenni Nouchi (loose forward) and Auguste Cadot (centre) have also been drafted into the squad.
Mauvaka ça rime avec pas de l’oie ! 🪿
#PhaseFinaleTOP14Pennylane #FinaleTOP14 pic.twitter.com/hmrucNTcsX
— TOP 14 Rugby (@top14rugby) June 27, 2026
France squad
Forwards: Moses Alo-Émile, Hugo Auradou, Demba Bamba, Esteban Capilla, Sipili Falatea, Marko Gazzotti, Mickaël Guillard, Oscar Jegou, Maxime Lamothe, Barnabé Massa, Temo Matiu, Peato Mauvaka, Emmanuel Meafou, Régis Montagne, Lenni Nouchi, Boris Palu, Jefferson Poirot, Alexandre Roumat, Tom Staniforth, Tevit Tatafu, Killian Tixeront, Reda Wardi, Florian Verhaeghe.
Backs: Theo Attissogbe, Fabien Brau-Boirie, Auguste Cadot, Nicolas Depoortere, Antoine Dupont, Mathis Ferté, Théo Forner, Émilien Gailleton, Kalvin Gourgues, Aaron Grandidier Nkanang, Antoine Hastoy, Matthieu Jalibert, Nolann le Garrec, Maxime Lucu, Yoram Moefana, Romain Ntamack, Damian Penaud, Max Spring.
Photo: Stu Forster/Getty Images
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