Trinh-Duc left out of France World Cup squad

Fly-half Francois Trinh-Duc has been left out of squad by Philippe Saint-Andre.
The 28-year-old, who played in the 2011 final and started against a fortnight ago, lost out to Frederic Michalak and Remi Tales in the 31-man squad.
Saint-Andre named his squad in the wake of a convincing 25-20 win over England and there was no room for forwards Xavier Chiocci, Sebastien Vahaamahina, Yoann Goujon and centre Remi Lamerat.
France squad:
Forwards: Guilhem Guirado (), Benjamin Kayser (), Dimitri Szarzewski (Racing Metro); Uini Atonio (), Eddy Ben Arous (Racing Metro), Vincent Debaty (Clermont), Nicolas Mas (), Rabah Slimani (); Alexandre Flanquart (Stade Francais), Yoann Maestri (), Pascal Pape (Stade Francais); Damien Chouly (Clermont), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Bernard Le Roux (Racing Metro), Yannick Nyanga (Toulouse), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier), Louis Picamoles (Toulouse).
Backs: Rory Kockott (Castres), Morgan Parra (Clermont), Sebastien Tillous-Borde (Toulon); Frederic Michalak (Toulon), Remi Tales (Racing Metro); Mathieu Bastareaud (Toulon), Alexandre Dumoulin (Racing Metro), Gael Fickou (Toulouse), Wesley Fofana (Clermont); Sofiane Guitoune (Bordeaux-Begles), Yoann Huget (Toulouse), Noa Nakaitaci (Clermont); Brice Dulin (Racing Metro), Scott Spedding (Clermont).

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