France U21 to play Scotland

Strong side

It was busy Monday in France. Not only were the senior team and the A team announced but also the Under-21 team which will play Scotland at Falkirk on 3 February, the opening day of the Six Nations.

Several of the players played for France at the IRB's World Championship in Argentina last year - Fabien Alexandre, Loic Jacquet, Yohann Montès, Maxime Médard, Lionel Beauxis, Thibault Lacroix and  Sébastien Tillous Borde.

Several of the players have Top 14 experience.

The French Under-21 squad:

Forwards: Fabien Alexandre (Dax), Laurent Cabarry (Mont-de-Marsan), Damien Chouly (Brive), Denys Drozdz (Brive), Alexandre Ducasse (Toulouse), Arnaud Héguy (Bayonne), Loic Jacquet (Clermont Auvergne), Julien Le Devedec (Toulouse), Steve Malonga (Biarritz), Yohann Montès (Stade Français), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier), Laurent Sempere (Perpignan)

Backs:  Lionel Beauxis (Pau), Maxime Médard (Toulouse), Fabien Cibray (Pau), Florian Denos (Toulouse), Yann Fior (Castres), Thibault Lacroix (Stade Français), Maxime Mermoz (Toulouse), Arnaud Mignardi (Auch), Grégory Puyo (Pau), Sebastien Tillous Borde (Biarritz)