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French team named for IC11

  • Tuesday, May 24 2011 @ 07:34 pm ACST
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International Cup 2011

The CNFA have announced the French national squad who will be heading to Australia in August to make their International Cup debut. The squad is composed largely of players from the Paris Cockerels, Bordeaux Bombers and Toulouse Hawks, with the Bordeaux players coming off a premiership win last weekend with an all-France squad.

The Strasbourg Kangourous have one representative, and a contingent of French players currently playing in Canada are also making the trip. Six French nationals currently playing in Australia are listed with the squad, including the trio of Thomas Urban, Cyril Jan Mahamad and Grégoire Patack from the Toulouse Hawks, who are suiting up with the Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Blues reserve grade team this season.

Included in the squad are Wilfried Houvion and Sylvain Maylie, who were both selected to play with the European Legion against the AIS-AFL squad in London last month. Wilfried took part in the Legion match, although Sylvain was unable to make the trip to London due to work commitments.

Head Coach and Manager for the team is Cyril Talon, who is also the current CNFA President. His assistants will be Graham Andrews, who coached the Paris Cockerels over the past 3 seasons, and Luke Anderson, who coached the Montréal Saints in 2010 before moving to Singapore this year.

NameClub
Julien BonnefoiParis Cockerels
Clément CharletParis Cockerels
François BouronParis Cockerels
Bertrand LejeuneParis Cockerels
Sébastien ArtusParis Cockerels
Romain BonnayParis Cockerels
Jérôme FournierParis Cockerels
Wilfried HouvionParis Cockerels
Loïc BesnardBordeaux Bombers
Alban SchieberBordeaux Bombers
Frédéric ZoharBordeaux Bombers
Pascal IvorraBordeaux Bombers
Mickaël TrividicBordeaux Bombers
Yoann Alliot MartyBordeaux Bombers
Jean-Camille FoirienBordeaux Bombers
Ludovic GalianaToulouse Hawks
Emilien MartinezToulouse Hawks
Sylvain MaylieToulouse Hawks
Thomas UrbanToulouse Hawks / Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Blues (Qld)
Cyril Jan MahamadToulouse Hawks / Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Blues (Qld)
Grégoire PatackToulouse Hawks / Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Blues (Qld)
Jory GinerStrasbourg Kangourous
James-Robert TheisToronto Rebels (Canada)
Grégory BrétièreMontréal Saints (Canada)
William TeissierMontréal Saints (Canada)
Nicolas CampoParis Cockerels / Mt Lawley Hawks (WA)
Pierre LabigangParkside (Northern FL, Vic)
Charly VanniNorth Melbourne Bats (Vic)

Coach/General Manager: Cyril Talon

Assistant Coaches: Graham Andrews, Luke Anderson

There are also a number of support staff making the trip, or currently based in Australia.

In the meantime, the French national team also will have a match against Germany on June 11th, which will be the first full-field test match for the French against another national side. Cyril Talon says the match will be an important test for the French, even with 6 of their IC squad already in Australia, 2 in Canada and some others out with injury. Filling out the squad will be a number of other players from French clubs who were not selected or able to make the trip to the IC.

The CNFA have also secured a partnership with French clothing producer Oztyle, who have supplied the playing gear for the national team.