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Five more debutants for France

Among the call-ups were Bordeaux hooker Clement Maynadier, Montpellier flank Kelian Galletier, Castres fullback Geoffrey Palis, Oyonnax lock Fabrice Metz and Brive prop Lucas Pointud, all uncapped.

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Also joining the flight to Argentina, with Tests on June 19 and 25, will be Toulouse contingent Maxime Médard, Sébastien Bézy, Louis Picamoles, Gaël Fickou and Yoann Maestri, and Castres centre Rémi Lamerat.

Novès's 28-strong squad now includes 17 uncapped players, and features no players from Clermont, Toulon, Montpellier or Racing 92, the four teams involved in end-of-season Top 14 play-off finals.

France squad:

Forwards (15): Uini Atonio (La Rochelle), Jefferson Poirot (Bordeaux-Bègles), Lucas Pointud (Brive) Rabah Slimani (Stade Français), Rémi Bonfils (Stade Français), Clément Maynadier (Bordeaux-Bègles), William Demotte (Agen), Julien Ledevedec (Bordeaux-Bègles), Fabrice Metz (Oyonnax), Yoann Maestri (Toulouse), Loann Goujon (Bordeaux-Bègles), Kevin Gourdon (La Rochelle), Raphael Lakafia (Stade Français), Kelian Galletier (Montpellier), Louis Picamoles (Toulouse).

Backs (13): Baptiste Serin (Bordeaux-Bègles), Sébastien Bézy  (Toulouse), Jules Plisson (Stade Français), François Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Jonathan Danty (Stade Français), Julien Rey (Bordeaux-Bègles), Gaël Fickou (Toulouse), Rémi Lamerat (Castres), Djibril Camara (Stade Français), Xavier Mignot (Grenoble), Maxime Médard (Toulouse), Geoffrey Palis (Castres), Hugo Bonneval (Stade Français).

Agence France-Presse

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