France captain Antoine Dupont said Toulouse's thrashing of Leicester in the Champions Cup was the perfect warm-up for the Six Nations.Dupont scored two of the 12 tries on Sunday as the six-time champions hammered Michael Cheika's Tigers 80-12 in their final pool game of the European tournament that also includes South African sides.

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.

France will be without Anthony Jelonch for the start of their Six Nations campaign after the Toulouse backrow forward withdrew from the squad, the French rugby federation (FFR) announced on Monday.

Fabien Galthié has named a squad featuring a star half-back pairing for the 2025 Guinness Men's Six Nations Rugby, as Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack return.

Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu is ruled out of the Six Nations after he picked up an injury training with Glasgow Warriors.

PARIS — Flanker Anthony Jelonch has pulled out of the France squad that is preparing for the Six Nations. The French federation did not give a reason for his withdrawal on Monday. Jelonch, who has scored three tries in 29 appearances for his country, played for Toulouse on Sunday in an 80-12 thrashing of Leicester in the Champions Cup.

Antoine Dupont will make a much-awaited return to the Six Nations after a one-year hiatus that cemented his status as one of France's top athletes, hoping Les Bleus can win the tournament on the back of a perfect autumn series.

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Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, who were investigated for rape in Argentina before the case was dismissed last month, were both named Wednesday in France's 42-man squad for the Six Nations.

French rugby union chiefs on Wednesday named the players accused of raping a 39-year-old woman in Argentina during the summer tour of South America in the 42-man squad for the 2025 Six Nations tournament.

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