Coach Jacques Brunel has called up Virimi Vakatawa to replace the injured Geoffrey Doumayrou in France’s World Cup squad.
Doumayrou was named in Les Bleus’ 31-man squad for the showpiece starting in Japan next month, but the 29-year-old has since been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering an achilles injury in training.
The Fijian-born Vakatawa has earned 17 Tests for France, the last of which came in February 2018.
France squad – Gregory Alldritt, Demba Bamba, Yacouba Camara, Camille Chat, Virimi Vakatawa, Antoine Dupont, Gaël Fickou, Wesley Fofana, Paul Gabrillagues, Guilhen Guirado, Yoann Huget, Arther Iturria, Félix Lambey, Wencesles Laurent, Bernard le Roux, Camille Lopez, Maxime Medard, Peato Mauvaka, Maxime Machenaud, Romain Ntamack, Damian Penaud, Louis Picamoles, Jefferson Poirot, Dany Priso, Alivereti Raka, Thomas Ramos, Baptiste Serin, Emerick Setiano, Rabah Slimani, Sébastien Vahaamahina.
Players on standby – Anthony Belleau, François Cros, Etienne Falgoux, Charles Ollivon, Vincent Rattez, Paul Willemse.
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