We now know Fabien Galthié’s third and final line-up of this 2025 summer tour of New Zealand. The France head coach and his staff have revealed the starting XV and the eight replacements who will have the last chance to pull off something special in the land of the long white cloud, on Saturday in Hamilton (9.05am, French time).

Among them, note that only the future La Rochelle man Nolann Le Garrec and Pau gem Théo Attissogbe get the chance to make a third consecutive start against the All Blacks. Note too the returns of the captain for this tour Gaël Fickou as well as back-rowers Mickaël Guillard and Alexandre Fischer, excellent in the first test in Dunedin (31-27) and whose workrate was sorely missed in the second last Saturday in Wellington (41-17). A starter in the first two tests, the Pau centre or wing Emilien Gailleton drops to the bench.

The France line-up against the All Blacks in Hamilton

The starting XV : Barré – Attissogbe – Depoortère, Fickou (capt.), Villière – (fh) Hastoy, (sh) Le Garrec – Brennan, Guillard, Fischer – Halagahu, Auradou – Slimani, Bourgarit, Erdocio.

The replacements : Barlot, Mallez, Bamba, Taofifenua, Tixeront, Bochaton, Daubagna, Gailleton.