French stars’ Test places in jeopardy after training no-show

FRANCE coach Bernard Laporte has warned six of his leading players they could have put their Test places in jeopardy by not turning up for this week’s physicals in Marcoussis.

Laporte summoned a 23-man group to France’s official training centre near Paris to take part in a series of fitness tests ahead of the November games against Australia, Canada, Tonga and South Africa.

Nicolas Brusque and Thibault Privat were both missing through injury but Pieter De Villiers, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, Yannick Jauzion, Cedric Heymans, Damien Traille and Dimitri Yachvili, who all re-start Top 14 action with their respective clubs this weekend, were noticeable by their absence.