Overview

• FFR negotiated a one-time exception to rest rules to include five players from the Top 14 final in the touring party
• The call-ups comprise centers Pierre-Louis Barassi and Nicolas Depoortère plus forwards Pierre Bochaton, Joshua Brennan and Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer
• Marko Gazzotti was withdrawn due to a concussion suffered in the final and replaced last-minute by Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer
• The five finalists will skip the first Test in Dunedin on July 5 but will be available for matches in Wellington on July 12 and Hamilton on July 19
• Wing and fullback Léo Barré remains in France recovering from a thigh hematoma and will join the squad once fit