France v World XV confirmed

France will face a World XV team in San Mames on 22 June 2024.

Confirmed World XV players include Mako and Billy Vunipola, Semi Radradra, Maxime Machenaud and Camille López.

The World XV will be led by ex-All Blacks Head Coach Ian Foster, who will be assisted by the Frenchman Patrice Collazo, Head Coach of Montpellier

The French national team, third in the World Rugby world rankings and runners-up in this year’s Six Nations, will have some of the best players in the Top 14 among the international
squad, and will depart from Bilbao for their southern hemisphere tour to face the Argentine
Pumas.

The World XV team will be led by the former All Blacks Head Coach Ian Foster, who led his New Zealand team to runners-up in Rugby World Cup 2023. He will be assisted by the
Frenchman Patrice Collazo, currently Head Coach of Montpellier and previously with coaching roles at La Rochelle, Toulon and Brive.
“It’s an incredible honour to be asked to coach the World XV and a once in a lifetime opportunity,” said Foster. “To coach an invitational side made up of top-class international players from around the globe is something truly unique. And playing the French team in the Basque region of Bilbao, we will
certainly want to put on a show of attacking rugby, full of tries so the French, Spanish and Basque fans come away being fully entertained.”

“I am also looking forward to joining up with the former French prop Patrice Collazo - he brings a wealth of experience to the coaching set up with stints at a number of the Top 14 clubs, La
Rochelle, Toulon, Brive and currently at Montpellier.” “We are in the process of putting together an impressive squad of players and Maxime Machenaud (Bayonne & France), Camille Lopez (Bayonne & France), Mako Vunipola (Saracens & England), Semi Radradra (Lyon &Fiji), Billy Vunipola (Saracens & England), Tevita Tatafu (Bayonne) are already confirmed to play for the World XV.”