🇫🇷 FRANCE RUGBY | DEPTH CHART

With the 2025/26 French rugby season now in the books, we take a look at France’s current depth chart after the 2026 Six Nations and Nations Championship.

Which players have strengthened their case for France? Who has moved ahead in the battle for a starting spot? And who has slipped down the pecking order?

With the 2027 Rugby World Cup getting closer, we ask some big questions about the depth and quality of Fabien Galthié’s France squad:

🇿🇦 Can France challenge South Africa for the title of the world’s best team?
🇳🇿 How do France compare with New Zealand?
💪 Do France have the deepest squad in world rugby?
🔥 Do France have the best centres in international rugby?
🏉 What is going on with France’s tighthead props?
📈 Who were the biggest risers and fallers from France’s 2026 Six Nations and Summer Tests?
🇫🇷 And who currently sits first choice in each position for France?

We go position-by-position through the France Rugby squad, assessing the current pecking order and looking at who has enhanced their reputation — and who has lost ground — ahead of the next phase of France’s build towards Rugby World Cup 2027.

What do you think of our France depth chart? Who have we got right — and who have we got completely wrong?

Let us know in the comments! 👇