France are desperate to shake their runners-up tag but will have to contend with losing a wealth of experience.
Les Bleues have finished second for three years running and head into the competition with a raft of changes on and off the pitch.

Gaelle Mignot and David Ortiz have taken over as dual head coaches following France’s thirdplace finish at the World Cup.

Meanwhile, Laure Sansus, who won player of the Six Nations in 2022, Safi N’Diaye, Marjorie Mayans and Celine Ferer all hung up their boots while prominent second rower Madoussou Fall was ruled out of the tournament through injury....