France have suffered another setback after it was confirmed that loosehead prop Eddy Ben Arous has been ruled out of their squad.
The 26-year-old Racing 92 front-row, who has 14 international appearances to his name, is replaced by Toulon prop Xavier Chiocci in the group.
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France, who recently lost Wesley Fofana to injury, start their Six Nations campaign against England at Twickenham on Saturday, February 4.
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- Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.JasonMarlow16-09-2026
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