FLANKER GREGORY ALLDRITT returns to the France squad after a year away as coach Fabien Galthié also named seven newcomers on Wednesday to prepare for next month’s Nations Championship matches.
Alldritt captained Les Bleus against Australia in November 2025 in the absence of Antoine Dupont but has not featured since.
The La Rochelle No.8 fell out of favour with Galthié and was then sidelined for the first part of the Nations Championship in July due to a calf injury.
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The 29-year-old, who has 58 caps, is now in contention for the second part of the 12-team competition which includes a showdown against two-time defending world champions South Africa on 13 November in Paris.
Also making it onto Galthié’s 42-player squad are prop Reda Wardi, lock Tyler Duguid and fly-half Axel Desperes.
La Rochelle prop Karl Sorin, Perpignan’s Théo Forner, Bayonne’s Esteban Capilla and Toulon’s Mathis Ferté are also among the uncapped players called up to fill the gaps in an injury-hit squad.
Stade Français centre Tani Vili and his South African-born teammate Jeremy Ward, who will not be eligible to play for France until next year, just before the World Cup in Australia, have also been called up.
Toulouse players Julien Marchand, Thibaud Flament, Emmanuel Meafou and Thomas Ramos, as well as Bordeaux-Bègles’ Matthieu Jalibert, are out injured so far this season.
After kicking off against Fiji on 7 November in Lyon, France play South Africa on 13 November and Argentina on 21 November.
Alldritt returns to France squad for Nations Championship after one-year absence
FLANKER GREGORY ALLDRITT returns to the France squad after a year away as coach Fabien Galthié also named seven newcomers on Wednesday to prepare for next month’s Nations Championship matches.
Alldritt captained Les Bleus against Australia in November 2025 in the absence of Antoine Dupont but has not featured since.
The La Rochelle No.8 fell out of favour with Galthié and was then sidelined for the first part of the Nations Championship in July due to a calf injury.
The 29-year-old, who has 58 caps, is now in contention for the second part of the 12-team competition which includes a showdown against two-time defending world champions South Africa on 13 November in Paris.
Also making it onto Galthié’s 42-player squad are prop Reda Wardi, lock Tyler Duguid and fly-half Axel Desperes.
La Rochelle prop Karl Sorin, Perpignan’s Théo Forner, Bayonne’s Esteban Capilla and Toulon’s Mathis Ferté are also among the uncapped players called up to fill the gaps in an injury-hit squad.
Stade Français centre Tani Vili and his South African-born teammate Jeremy Ward, who will not be eligible to play for France until next year, just before the World Cup in Australia, have also been called up.
Toulouse players Julien Marchand, Thibaud Flament, Emmanuel Meafou and Thomas Ramos, as well as Bordeaux-Bègles’ Matthieu Jalibert, are out injured so far this season.
After kicking off against Fiji on 7 November in Lyon, France play South Africa on 13 November and Argentina on 21 November.
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