France forward Cameron Woki, who fractured his hand last weekend, was left out of the country's Six Nations squad as head coach Fabien Galthie named his 42 players on Tuesday.
Woki, who plays in the second or third row, sustained the injury in Racing 92's 30-29 win over Harlequins in the Champions Cup on Sunday and will be out of action for six to eight weeks.
France, who will host the World Cup later this year, start their campaign away to Italy on 5 February.
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— France Rugby (@FranceRugby) January 17, 2023
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Back rower Francois Cros and lock Paul Willemse are back in the squad after missing the autumn series because of injury, while Galthie also selected eight uncapped players, although only Louis Bielle-Biarrey has never been called up before.
Cros has only played a few seconds with Toulouse this season but is expected to be back in full action for the Six Nations tournament. Willemse has been starting for Montpellier on a regular basis since mid-December.
Les Bleus, who are on a 13-match winning streak, will be looking to become the first team to complete back-to-back Grand Slams in the Six Nations.
They will be without several other injured players, including centre Jonathan Danty and hooker Peato Mauvaka.
SQUAD:
Forwards:
ALLDRITT Gregory, ATONIO Uini, BAILLE Cyril, BARLOT Gaetan, BAUBIGNY Teddy, BECOGNEE Alexandre, BOUDEHENT Paul, CAMARA Yacouba, CHALUREAU Bastien, CRETIN Dylan, CROS François, FALATEA Sipili, FLAMENT Thibaud, HAOUAS Mohamed, JELONCH Anthony, JOLMES Thomas, LAVAULT Thomas, MACALOU Sekou, MARCHAND Julien, OLLIVON Charles, PRISO Dany, TAOFIFENUA Romain, WARDI Reda, WILLEMSE Paul
Backs:
BARASSI Pierre-Louis, BIELLE-BIARREY Louis, BUROS Romain, COLY Leo, DELBOUIS Julien, DUMORTIER Ethan, DUPONT Antoine, FICKOU Gael, GAILLETON Emilien, HASTOY Antoine, JALIBERT Matthieu, JAMINET Melvyn, LE GARREC Nolann, LEBEL Matthis, MOEFANA Yoram, NTAMACK Romain, PENAUD Damian, RAMOS Thomas