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Racing 92 centre Henry Chavancy

Racing centre Chavancy fills Fofana void in France squad

After scoring in Thomond Park, the centre got a call from Guy Noves.

UNCAPPED RACING 92 centre Henry Chavancy has been called up to the France squad for their Six Nations opener against England as a replacement for Wesley Fofana.

Les Bleus suffered a major blow when Fofana was ruled out of the tournament after rupturing his Achilles in Clermont Auvergne’s European Champions Cup 48-26 defeat of Exeter Chiefs on Saturday.

Guy Noves has wasted no time in adding Chavancy to his squad, a fortnight before the trip to Twickenham to take on the the defending champions.

Chavancy scored Racing’s only try in a 22-10 Champions Cup loss to Munster yesterday and is in contention to earn his first cap against last year’s Grand Slam winners on 4 February.

Mohamed Boughanmi, Arthur Iturria, Fabien Sanconnie and Geoffrey Palis will also be hoping to make their international bows against Eddie Jones’ men after they were named in a 32-man Six Nations squad by Noves earlier this week.

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