France dominate Stuart Barnes' Six Nations dream team

Thursday 18 February 2010
Published By: Ben Welch
Six Nations > France

The awesome French display against Ireland last weekend has unsurprisingly seen the team's players dominate the Six Nations dream team, this week.

The 15-man line-up, selected by Stuart Barnes, has a decidedly French feel with the likes of Mathieu Bastareaud and Clement Poitreneud both cruising into the team.

Barnes, writing in the Times, said that Lionel Nallet is another Frenchman whose displays in the last couple of weeks have been immense.

"Why on earth did Marc Lievremont make him captain of France? Free of that burden he is moving mountains on his own – colossal," he said.

Francois Trinh Duc's tackling and ball skills also earned him a pick as the number 10 of the week, though Barnes questioned the player's official listing of 13 stones, considering he looks and plays more like somebody two stones heavier.

Thomas Domingo and Dimitri Szarzewski rounded off the French inclusions, and who will bet against a repeat in Wales?

Posted by Ben Welch