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Injured Fofana out of Six Nations

The 29-year-old, who has 44 caps for France, suffered the injury late in the first half just after scoring one of his team's seven tries.

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"He has a rupture of his left Achilles tendon," the club said in a statement.

"He is out of the Six Nations."

French Top 14 leaders Clermont added that Fofana will be unavailable for a "long period" with a decision on surgery to be taken on Sunday.

Fofana grimaced with pain when he suffered the injury just as he offloaded the ball to full-back Nick Abendanon to score one of his team's tries.

France start their Six Nations campaign on February 4 against England at Twickenham.

Fofana's absence is a huge blow to Les Bleus — four years ago he scored a majestic try from 80 metres at Twickenham.

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He was expected to partner teammate Remi Lamerat in midfield but is now likely to be replaced by either Gael Fickou (24 caps) or Yann David (four caps).

Agence France-Presse

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