Haouas (27, 13 selections), sentenced on February 4 by the Montpellier Criminal Court to 18 months in prison suspended for his involvement in burglaries eight years ago, had not been included in the previous lists.
Established for the first time in the French team in February 2020 for the shock of the Six Nations Tournament against England, the colossus (1.85 m for 123 kg) has since been essential in the first line of the XV tricolor.
Since his conviction, he has played a match with the MHR, against Pau on February 5.
Winger Gabin Villière, injured in the sinus, and the opener Matthieu Jalibert, in difficulty with a thigh, are as expected absent, as well as the second line of Racing 92 Bernard Le Roux, left in the 13th minute of the match against Pau last weekend.
Other players enter: Lyon center Pierre-Louis Barassi, Toulon second line Swan Rebbadj and his teammate at the back, Aymeric Luc.
The XV of France, the only undefeated team in the Tournament, will play its third match against Scotland on February 26 (3:15 p.m. French time) in Edinburgh.
The 42 players summoned Thursday are expected Sunday by the management of the XV of France in Marcoussis (Essonne).
The list of players called up to prepare for the match against Scotland:
Forward: Grégory Alldritt (24, 28 caps, Stade Rochelais), Uini Atonio (31, 41 caps, Stade Rochelais), Cyril Baille (28, 33 caps, Stade Toulousain), Demba Bamba (23, 22 caps Lyon), Gaëtan Barlot (24 years old, 4 caps, Castres), Alexandre Bécognée (27 years old, 1 cap, Montpellier), Paul Boudehent (22 years old, 0 caps, Stade Rochelais), Dylan Cretin (24 years old, 15 caps Lyon), François Cros (27 years old, 13 caps, Stade Toulousain), Thibaud Flament (24 years old, 4 caps, Stade Toulousain), Jean-Baptiste Gros (22 years old, 16 caps Toulon), Mohamed Haouas (27, 13 caps, Montpellier), Anthony Jelonch (25, 16 caps, Stade Toulousain), Thomas Lavault (22, 0 caps, Stade Rochelais), Sekou Macalou (26, 6 caps, Stade Français), Julien Marchand (26, 18 caps, Stade Toulousain), Peato Mauvaka (25, 11 caps, Stade Toulousain), Swan Rebbadj (27, 3 caps, Toulon),Jérôme Rey (26 years old, 0 caps, Lyon), Romain Taofifenua (31 years old, 31 caps, Lyon), Florent Vanverberghe (21 years old, 0 caps, Castres), Paul Willemse (29 years old, 21 caps, Montpellier ), Cameron Woki (23, 13 caps, Bordeaux-Bègles)
The pillar of the XV of France Mohamed Haouas with his lawyer Marc Gallix at the Montpellier court, February 4, 2022 Pascal GUYOT AFP / Archives
Backs: Pierre-Louis Barassi (23 years old, 3 caps, Lyon), Baptiste Couilloud (24 years old, 6 caps, Lyon), Léo Léo Berdeu (23 years old, 0 caps, Lyon), Brice Dulin (31 years old, 36 caps, Stade Rochelais), Antoine Dupont (25, 37 caps, Stade Toulousain), Jules Favre (22, 0 caps, Stade Rochelais), Gaël Fickou (27, 68 caps, Racing 92), Antoine Hastoy (24 years old, 1 cap, Section Paloise), Melvyn Jaminet (22 years old, 8 caps, Perpignan), Matthis Lebel (22 years old, 1 cap, Stade Toulousain), Aymeric Luc (24 years old, 0 caps. , Toulon), Maxime Lucu (29, 4 caps, Bordeaux Bègles), Yoram Moefana (21, 4 caps, Bordeaux Bègles), Romain Ntamack (22, 25 caps, Stade Toulousain), Damian Penaud (25 years old, 30 caps, Clermont), Thomas Ramos (26 years old, 15 caps, Stade Toulousain), Donovan Taofifenua (22 years old, 0 caps, Racing 92), Virimi Vakatawa (29 years old, 30 caps, Racing 92) ,Tani Vili (20 years old, 0 caps, Clermont)
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