# France Rugby League World Cup 2026: Squad, Fixtures & Prediction

Most of France's squad plays Super League for Catalans Dragons and Toulouse Olympique. In 2026 they meet Samoa, England and Lebanon in the combined Pool B and C table.

**Pool:** Pool C · **Head coach:** Laurent Frayssinous
**Power rating:** -22.8 (10 of 10)
**Model outlook:** <1% to reach the semi-finals, 0% to win the World Cup.
**World Cup record since 2008:** 3 won, 9 lost.

## Squad (23)

**Backs:** Arthur Mourgue (Hull Kingston Rovers), Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet (Catalans Dragons), Latrell Siegwalt (South Sydney Rabbitohs), Benjamin Laguerre (Toulouse Olympique), Léo Darrelatour (Catalans Dragons), Arthur Romano (Hull FC), Roméo Tropis (Toulouse Olympique)

**Halves:** César Rougé (Toulouse Olympique), Thomas Lacans (Toulouse Olympique)

**Hookers:** Alrix Da Costa (Catalans Dragons), Amir Bourouh (Hull FC)

**Forwards:** Jordan Dezaria (Hull Kingston Rovers), Lambert Belmas (Toulouse Olympique), Romain Navarette (Catalans Dragons), Tiaki Chan (Toulouse Olympique), Louis Grossemy (Toulouse Olympique), Mathieu Cozza (Huddersfield Giants), Mathieu Jussaume (Toulouse Olympique), Julian Bousquet (Catalans Dragons)

**Other:** Benjamin Garcia (Catalans Dragons), Fouad Yaha (Albi RL XIII), Joe Drodrolagi (Carcassonne XIII), Théo Fages (Pia XIII Baroudeurs)

## Fixtures

- [Samoa v France](https://alphr.com.au/rugby-league-world-cup/match/2026-r1-samoa-v-france) · Fri, 16 Oct, 05:45 pm AEDT · CommBank Stadium · **Model pick:** pending until both 17s are named
- [England v France](https://alphr.com.au/rugby-league-world-cup/match/2026-r2-england-v-france) · Sat, 24 Oct, 05:35 pm AEDT · HBF Park · **Model pick:** pending until both 17s are named
- [Lebanon v France](https://alphr.com.au/rugby-league-world-cup/match/2026-r3-lebanon-v-france) · Sun, 01 Nov, 05:40 pm AEDT · CommBank Stadium · **Model pick:** pending until both 17s are named

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