Harlequins hooker Julien Rinaldi will captain France in their autumn internationals.
Monie turns to Quins ace to lead French
Julien Rinaldi has been selected to replace Jerome Guisset as captain of France for their autumn internationals.
Former Wigan and Warrington prop Guisset has been ruled out with an elbow injury, so coach John Monie has opted for Harlequins hooker Rinaldi to take on the responsibility.
Rinaldi, who has won more than 30 caps for his country and captained them in 2004 and 2005, will lead the French against Scotland, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.
Honour
"It's a big honour to be given the captaincy and I am really happy to be in this position in our final year before the World Cup," he said.
"This is a very important international season for France. We've only got four games left to play before we arrive in Australia for the World Cup so we really need to fine tune things now."
Monie's squad includes Catalans Dragons' Australian winger Justin Murphy, one of 10 Catalans players to qualify on residential grounds.
France meet Scotland in Perpignan on Sunday, October 27, and then play two games against Papua New Guinea on November 3 at Avignon and November 10 at Bordeaux before rounding their programme off against the Kiwis in Paris on November 17.
