Factfile on France ahead of the Six Nations which starts this weekend: FRANCE Population: 66 million Capital: Paris Coach: Fabien Galthie (FRA/since November 2019) Number of registered players: 258,247 World Rugby ranking: 7 (January 29, 2020) Six Nations past record (since 2000): Winners (5) - 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010 Wooden spoon (1) - 2013 Fixtures (all times GMT): Feb 3: France v England, Paris (1500) Feb 9: France v Italy, Paris (1500) Feb 22: Wales v France, Cardiff (1645) Mar 8: Scotland v France, Edinburgh (1500) Mar 14: France v Ireland, Paris (2000) Squad Backs: Antoine Dupont (Toulouse), Baptiste Serin (Toulon), Maxime Lucu (Bordeaux-Begles), Romain Ntamack (Toulouse), Louis Carbonel (Toulouse), Mathieu Jalibert (Bordeaux-Begles), Gael Fickou (Stade Francais), Virimi Vakatawa (Racing 92), Arthur Vincent (Montpellier), Julien Heriteau (Toulon), Gervais Cordin (Toulon), Lester Etien (Stade Francais), Gabriel Ngandebe (Montpellier), Damian Penaud (Clermont), Vincent Rattez (La Rochelle), Teddy Thomas (Racing 92), Anthony Bouthier (Montpellier), Kylian Hamdaoui (Stade Francais), Thomas Ramos (Toulouse) Forwards: Dorian Aldegheri (Toulouse), Cyril Baille (Toulouse), Demba Bamba (Lyon), Teddy Baubigny (Racing 92), Peato Mauvaka (Toulouse), Jean-Baptiste Gros (Toulon), Mohamed Haouas (Montpellier), Julien Marchand (Toulouse), Jefferson Poirot (Bordeaux-Begles), Cyril Cazeaux (Bordeaux-Begles), Killian Geraci (Lyon), Bernard Le Roux (Racing 92), Boris Palu (Racing 92), Romain Taofifenua (Toulon), Paul Willemse (Montpellier), Gregory Alldritt (La Rochelle), Charles Ollivon (Toulon, capt), Dylan Cretin (Lyon), Francois Cros (Toulouse), Alexandre Fischer (Clermont), Sekou Macalou (Stade Francais), Selevasio Tolofua (Toulouse), Cameron Woki (Bordeaux-Begles) Player to watch: Romain Ntamack. The Toulouse playmaker is slowly making his mark on a France team that went out by a point to Wales in the quarter-finals at the World Cup Aim for tournament: "We're trying to put together a team for the long-term. We counted that we have 36 matches, excluding warm-up Tests, between the last World Cup and the next one." - Head coach Fabien Galthie lp/dj