TALISMANIC FRENCH NO 8 Sébastien Chabal has been left out of France’s provisional 32-man squad for the World Cup in September.
The Toulouse centre Yannick Jauzion, who was one of eight dropped after the shock defeat to Italy in the Six Nations Championship, has also been omitted.
So what other big names might be left kicking their heels with the rest of us as the world’s greatest gather in New Zealand?