Fabien Galthie has selected nine uncapped players in his France XV team to tackle an England XV at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham on Saturday.<\/b><\/p>\n
Gael Fickou will captain the side that features the return of Rabah Slimani, who pulls on a Les Bleus jersey for the first time in 2,071 days, having last played for his country at the 2019 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n
Inexperienced France team<\/p>\n
Slimani has enjoyed a real resurgence at Leinster after joining the Irish province following his departure from Clermont.<\/p>\n
Capped Pau speedster Theo Attissogbe starts at full-back after starring on the wing for France<\/a> in the Six Nations and is joined by uncapped wingers Ma\u00ebl Moustin and Alivereti Duguivalu.<\/p>\n Fijian Duguivalu is one of three foreign-born players in the matchday 23, along with Canadian Tyler Duguid in the second-row and South African-born replacement forward Jacobus van Tonder.<\/p>\n Fickou is joined by \u00c9milien Gailleton in the centres while halfbacks Antoine Hastoy and Nolann Le Garrec have both played for the senior national team.<\/p>\n Micka\u00ebl Guillard, Killian Tixeront, Alexandre Fischer, Duguid, and Hugo Auradou feature in the back-five of the pack with Slimani, Ga\u00ebtan Barlot, and Baptiste Erdocio starting in the front-row.<\/p>\n Julien Marchand\u2019s younger brother, Guillaume, is named on the bench in a 6-2 split in favour of the forwards, along with Paul Mallez, Demba Bamba, Romain Taofifenua, Jacobus van Tonder, and Cameron Woki.<\/p>\n Baptiste Jauneau and L\u00e9o Berdeu are the two replacement backs. Galthie<\/a> was unable to select any players featuring in the Top 14 semi-finalists, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Bayonne and RC Toulon for the clash against the England<\/a> XV.<\/p>\n In total nine players have yet to play for the senior national team with five included in the run-on team.<\/p>\n