{"id":415583,"date":"2026-02-09T02:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T02:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415583\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T02:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T02:25:08","slug":"france-star-withdrawn-from-squad-ahead-of-wales-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415583\/","title":{"rendered":"France star withdrawn from squad ahead of Wales trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Centre Kalvin Gourgues<\/a> has been redrawn from the France<\/a> squad by Fabien Galthie<\/a>, who has confirmed a 42-man training group for their Six Nations<\/a> Round Two trip to Wales.<\/p>\n

The rising star of French rugby suffered an ankle injury late in the match against Ireland<\/a> and is replaced in the squad by Emilien Gailleton.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a blow for the 20-year-old Toulouse<\/a> centre, who many view as the future of the French midfield. Gourgues required major surgery last year, with doctors replacing an artery in his foot using one taken from his thigh to treat a blood-clotting issue that had put him at risk of amputation.<\/p>\n

There is also a return for Paul Boudehent<\/a> and Thibaud Flament<\/a>, both of whom are back in the squad to prepare for Wales.<\/p>\n

Galthie has again opted against recalling France record try-scorer Damian Penaud<\/a> and former captain Gregory Alldritt. Nor is there any sign of veteran centre Gael Fickou<\/a>, despite the injury to Gourgues.<\/p>\n

All three were surprise omissions from the initial Six Nations squad, many putting the decision down to the famously unpredictable Galthie.<\/p>\n

Other than that, the selection is largely stable following last week\u2019s win over Ireland.<\/p>\n

Forwards
Dorian Aldegheri
Hugo Auradou
Cyril Baille
Paul Boudehent
Joshua Brennan
Georges-Henri Colombe
Fran\u00e7ois Cros
Alexandre Fischer
Thibaud Flament
Jean-Baptiste Gros
Micka\u00ebl Guillard
Oscar Jegou
Anthony Jelonch
Maxime Lamothe
Julien Marchand
Temo Matiui
Peato Mauvaka
Emmanuel Meafou
R\u00e9gis Montagne
Rodrigue Neti
Lenni Nouchi
Charles Ollivon
Thomas Staniforth
Tevita Tatafu<\/p>\n

Backs
Gr\u00e9goire Arfeuil
Th\u00e9o Attissogbe
Louis Bielle-Biarrey
Fabien Brau-Boirie
Romain Buros
Thibault Daubagna
Nicolas Depoortere
Axel Desperes
Ga\u00ebl Dr\u00e9an
Antoine Dupont
\u00c9milien Gailleton
Aaron Grandidier Nkanang
Matthieu Jalibert
Yoram Moefana
Noah Nene
Thomas Ramos
Baptiste Serin
Cheikh Tiberghien<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Centre Kalvin Gourgues has been redrawn from the France squad by Fabien Galthie, who has confirmed a 42-man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-415583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}