Five new faces for Noves's France
The five new faces are Toulouse scrumhalf Sébastien Bezy and flank Yacouba Camara, Stade Francais centre Jonathan Danty, Clermont lock Paul Jedrasiak and Bordeaux-Begles prop Jefferson Poirot.
There was no place for Rory Kockott, Sébastien Tillous-Borde, Mathieu Bastareaud and Noa Nakaitaci who were all at the World Cup
Montpellier's Trinh-Duc and Stade Francais flyhalf Jules Plisson, along with Racing 92's Machenaud, were all named in the squad which will meet up with the new coaching team on January 4 despite not featuring in the World Cup.
France squad: Uini Atonio, Eddy Ben Arous, Sébastien Bezy, Hugo Bonneval, Yacouba Camara, Damien Chouly, Jonathan Danty, Alexandre Dumoulin, Benjamin Fall, Gaël Fickou, Alexandre Flanquart, Wesley Fofana, Loann Goujon, Guilhem Guirado, Paul Jedrasiak, Benjamin Kayser, Rémy Lamerat, Wenceslas Lauret, Bernard le Roux, Maxime Machenaud, Yoann Maestri, Maxime Medard, Morgan Parra, Louis Picamoles, Jules Plisson, Jefferson Poirot, Rabah Slimani, Scott Spedding, François Trinh-Duc, Sébastien Vahaamahina.
