Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - France, n'okpuru nduzi nke onye isi nchịkwa ọhụrụ a họpụtara Philippe Saint-André, tachiri obi na 2012 Six Nations Championship (na-ejedebe 4th na mmeri 2, 1 draw na 2 losses) nke bụ njedebe ikpeazụ nke ọtụtụ ndị isi nke ndị otu ahụ na ndị dị ka Julien Bonnaire, Imanol Harinordoquy, Lionel Nallet, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Aurélien Rougerie, William Servat na Dimitri Yachvili na-egwu egwuregwu ikpeazụ ha na France jersey mgbe naanị ndị egwuregwu ole na ole (Wesley Fofana na Yoann Maestri) natara okpu mbụ ha. Oge ezumike nke Argentina gosipụtara ịrị elu nke ndị egwuregwu ọhụrụ dịka Brice Dulin, Maxime Machenaud, Fofana na Maestri wee hụ nlọghachi na ngwakọta nke Thomas Domingo (onye na-efu na World Cup n'ihi mmerụ ahụ), Yoann Huget (onye na-efu na World Cup n'ihi nkwụsị) na Frédéric Michalak (laghachi na Super Rugby mgbe ọ dabara na ihu ọma nke French rugby) ebe ndị egwuregwu nwere ahụmahụ dị ka Vincent Clerc na Thierry Dusautoir zuru ike, a na-enyefe onyeisi ndị agha Pascal Papé. E jirila 1 - 1 merie n'asọmpi ahụ. France mechara mechie afọ 2012 na mmeri atọ n'usoro na Autumn Internationals megide Australia, Argentina na Samoa, na-ekwu na ọ bụ ebe nke anọ na IRB World Rankings nke nyere ha ọnọdụ nke mbụ maka 2015 Rugby World Cup na-adọta ya mere na-ezere New Zealand, Australia na South Africa na ọdọ mmiri. Otú ọ dị, 2013 Six Nations Championship
bụ ezigbo ndakpọ olileanya dịka France kwụsịrị na ala nke tebụl, na-azọrọ naanị otu mmeri na draw na otu ndị agha nke na-emebeghị ọtụtụ ihe kemgbe oge okpomọkụ gara aga - Antonie Claassen, Gaël Fickou, Jocelino Suta na Sébastien Vahaamahina bụ naanị ndị isi ọhụrụ mgbe ndị na-anọghị ogologo oge Mathieu Bastareaud na Yannick Nyanga chetara. Philippe Saint-André kwuru na a na-egwu egwuregwu ikpeazụ nke Top 14 naanị otu izu tupu ule nke mbụ, ndị egwuregwu na-esonye na njedebe a ma si otú a sonye na ndị otu ahụ agaghị apụta na ule nke mbụ.