French squad for IC14 unveiled
- Wednesday, February 19 2014 @ 08:50 pm ACDT
- Contributed by: Aaron Richard
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The CNFA has announced the squad which will arrive in Melbourne later this year to compete at the 2014 Australian Football International Cup.
The list of 28, plus 5 emergencies, was released on the CNFA blog this week, along with an official announcement video. The list is very fresh, with 23 of the 28 selected in the main squad being new to the IC stage.
Alban Schieber, Yoann Alliot-Marty, Emilien Martinez and Grégoire Patacq are the only four France-based veterans returning to the squad from their 2011 campaign, although they will be joined by Pierre-Jacques Labigang from Melbourne local club Parkside, who also appears in his second IC. Thibault Picard from South Australian club the Lock Kangaroos makes a second Australian-based squad member.
Casting their net to French expats playing elsewhere in the world, Clément Coste, Kévin Barranco and Thomas Core (emergency) have been selected from the Montreal metro league in Québec, as well as Jean Rosado from the Fort Lauderdale Fighting Squids in Florida, USA. Pierre-Etienne Dandaleix joins the squad from the Bristol Dockers in England.
Squad list follows.
| Surname | Given name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| ALLIOT-MARTY | Yoann | Bordeaux Bombers |
| BARBARIA | Yvan | Toulouse Hawks |
| BARRANCO | Kévin | Laval Bombers (Québec, Canada) |
| BERNAD | Anthony | Montpellier Fire Sharks |
| CANONICI | Jérôme | Montpellier Fire Sharks |
| CASSAVETTI | Stephen | Paris Cockerels |
| COCHET | Thomas | Coyotes de Cergy-Pontoise |
| COSTE | Clément | Montreal Demons (Québec, Canada) |
| DANDALEIX | Pierre-Etienne | Bristol Dockers (England) |
| DAVID | Adrien | Toulouse Hawks |
| DENERF | Jérôme | Toulouse Hawks |
| DEPONDT | Thomas | Alfa Lions |
| GIL | Julien | Toulouse Hawks |
| LABIGANG | Pierre-Jacques | Parkside (Victoria) |
| L’HOTELLIER | Joévin | Strasbourg Kangourous |
| MARTINEZ | Emilien | Toulouse Hawks |
| MAYLIE | Sylvain | Toulouse Hawks |
| MENDOZA | Valentin | Bordeaux Bombers |
| MONDIN | Simon | Toulouse Hawks |
| PATACQ | Grégoire | Toulouse Hawks |
| PICARD | Thibault | Lock Roos (South Australia) |
| RAMDANI | Amine | Paris Cockerels |
| ROSADO | Jean | Fort Lauderdale Squids (USA) |
| SCHIEBER | Alban | Bordeaux Bombers |
| TAPIA | William | Toulouse Hawks |
| TIEFENBACH | Henri | Toulouse Hawks |
| UBEDA | Raphaël | Bordeaux Bombers |
| VIDAL | Florian | Toulouse Hawks |
Emergencies
| GAZEAU | Florent | Toulouse Hawks |
| CORE | Thomas | West Island Eagles (Québec, Canada) |
| PATACQ | Marc-Antoine | Toulouse Hawks |
| PAILLES | Alexandre | Toulouse Hawks |
| GAUTRAND | Guilhem | Coyotes de Cergy-Pontoise |
To see the official video click here.
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