Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou have both been included in France's matchday squad to face Wales in the first game of the Six Nations tournament next week.
It's true Wales lack the depth of other nations in the front-row, but Assiratti is well-respected as a scrummager within the game. The 27-year-old is a strong technical scrummager who has a good shape at scrum time, while he will undoubtedly benefit from working closely with Adam Jones.
Under-pressure Wales head coach Warren Gatland said on Tuesday there is "no expectation" on his side going into this year's Six Nations as they target a first Test win since October 2023. Gatland, who returned as head coach for a second time in 2022,
France captain Antoine Dupont said on Tuesday he will use what he learnt winning gold at last year's Olympics for a tilt at the upcoming Six Nations. In Dupont's absence, 2022's Six Nations champions France finished second in last year's edition despite,
Toulouse back-row Anthony Jelonch has withdrawn from the France squad with less than two weeks to go until they get
Wales will kick start their Six Nations campaign with visit to Stade de France to play France. Warren Gatland will end his tenure as head coach for Wales this year and will be hoping for the ...
With Wales in a slump dating back to October 2023, under-pressure head coach Warren Gatland said there is "no expectation" going into the 2025 Six Nations championship.
Warren Gatland has selected the uncapped duo of Ospreys fly-half Dan Edwards and Scarlets wing Ellis Mee for Wales’ Guinness Six Nations campaign. The pair are the only uncapped players in a 34-man squad that has welcomed back a host of veterans who were missing in November.
Dupont is one of 13 Toulouse players included in Fabien Galthie’s 42-man France squad for the Six Nations, which begin on Dec 31. Read more at straitstimes.com.
With the Six Nations set to get underway next week, we preview the prospects of last year’s bottom-placed finishers, Wales, ahead of the Championship.
France captain Antoine Dupont said Toulouse's thrashing of Leicester in the Champions Cup was the perfect warm-up for the Six Nations.
A double blow for France ahead of their Six Nations opener against Wales.