World player of the year Antoine Dupont has returned from his COVID absence to captain France vs Italy in his side's Six Nations opener this weekend.
Unfortunately his head coach, Fabien Galthie will miss the game due to a positive test, with his assistant Raphael Ibanez taking the reigns for this encounter.
France are among the favourites for this year's tournament and will be boosted by the return of talismanic scrum-half Dupont, who captains Les Bleus in the absence of captain Charles Ollivon, who has a long-term knee injury.
