Forwards: Uini Atonio, Eddy Ben Arous, Andoine Burban, Yacouba Camara, Camille Chat, Damien Chouly, Alessandre Flanquart, Kevin Gourdon, Guilhem Guirado (captain), Paul Jedrasiak, Wenceslas Lauret, Yoann Maestri, Louis Picamoles, Jefferson Poirot, Rabah Slimani, Sebastien Vahaamahina

Backs: Sebastien Bezy, Hugo Bonneval, Jonathan Danty, Jean-Marc Doussain, Alexandre Dumoulin, Benjamin Fall, Gael Fickou, Wesley Fofana, Remi Lamerat, Maxime Machenaud, Maxime Medard, Morgan Parra, Jules Plisson, Scott Spedding, Virimi Vakatawa.

France start their Six Nations campaign at the Stade de France against Italy on 6 Feb. 

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Mathieu Bastareaud was left out of the France squad for the Six Nations when new manager Guy Noves named 31 players and promised a new era of attacking rugby.

The burly centre had been omitted from two previous informal gatherings, with former Toulouse boss Noves looking to rejuvenate a squad which exited last year's World Cup following a record defeat by New Zealand.

"We want to build a team who will be able to improve a lot, and not taking players who would not be with us in two or three years," Noves said.

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Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale has urged his side to play with "no fear" in tomorrow's FA Cup replay against Premier League giants Liverpool at Anfield.

They earned a 2-2 draw against an inexperienced Liverpool side in the first match and he said: "There's no point us going into the game expecting to lose, we have to spin every positive we can."

The tie will be played to a finish and he added: "If you offered me penalties now, I'd take it." 

Hookers: Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby), Pat MacArthur (Glasgow Warriors), Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby).

Front-row: Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby), Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Moray Low (Exeter Chiefs), Willem Nel (Edinburgh Rugby), Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors), Rory Sutherland (Edinburgh Rugby)

Lock: Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Richie Gray (Castres), Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors), Ben Toolis (Edinburgh Rugby)

Back-row: Adam Ashe (Glasgow Warriors), John Barclay (Scarlets), Blair Cowan (London Irish), David Denton (Bath), Chris Fusaro (Glasgow Warriors), John Hardie (Edinburgh Rugby), Josh Strauss (Glasgow Warriors)

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Scrum-half: Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh Rugby), Greig Laidlaw (captain - Gloucester)

Stand-off: Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors), Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors)

Centre: Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors), Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors), Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors), Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby), Duncan Taylor (Saracens)

Wing: Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors), Sean Maitland (London Irish), Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors), Tim Visser (Harlequins)

Full-back: Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors), Ruaridh Jackson (Wasps)  

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Scotland head coach Vern Cotter has named uncapped props Zander Fagerson and Rory Sutherland in a 35-man squad for the Six Nations.

Flanker Ryan Wilson is the main casualty from the World Cup. 

Scarlets' John Barclay and Wasps' Ruaridh Jackson are included, while centres Alex Dunbar and Duncan Taylor return from injury. 

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The Daily Star, external is reporting that Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has told Real Madrid to forget about signing him in this transfer window, even if they are successful in appealing against their transfer ban.

But according to The Sun,, external Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel could replace De Gea if he does quit Manchester United.

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You can never plan for the long-term if you are a football manager (unless you are Arsene Wenger of course).

So tell us which of the Premier League bosses will be the next to leave his club.

Quite frankly, we have not got a clue so we are giving you all 20 possible options.

We know that Swansea's boss was only appointed yesterday, but then again football is a funny old game.

You can vote at the top of this page and voting will close at 12:30 GMT with the results announced shortly after.

So who would be a manager?

Now is your chance to tell us which football bosses are doing a good or a bad job. But don't forget to include reasons why.

Have they turned a financially struggling club into promotion contenders? Are they keeping the club in the top half despite severe injury problems?

It doesn't have to just be Premier League bosses, send us your thoughts and we will publish the best on this page.

Tweet us using #bbcsportsday or leave a message on the BBC Sport Facebook page.

Think twice if your ambition is to become a football boss.

A record 29 managers in the top four English divisions were sacked in the first half of this season.

Brendan Rodgers, Tim Sherwood, Dick Advocaat and Jose Mourinho were replaced in the Premier League, while 10 Championship managers were fired.

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The 29 dismissals across the 92 Football League clubs between 1 June and 31 December 2015 is the most ever at this stage of the season.

The highest number for a single season is 53, in the 2001-02 season.

Which leads us today's talking point...

Watson was no doubt feeling teary-eyed yesterday too - the Brit was knocked out of the Australian open at the first hurdle by Hungary's Timea Babos, losing 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 7-5.

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Plenty of gossip about West Brom striker Saido Berahino in today's papers.

According to the London Evening Standard,, external Premier League champions Chelsea are the bookmakers' favourites to sign the 22-year-old frontman.

However, the Daily Express, external reckon Newcastle are set to sign Berahino AND Tottenham winger Andros Townsend, 24, to take their January spending beyond £100m.

The Guardian , externalsays Newcastle have been told they must meet the £14m asking price for Townsend after having a £10m bid rejected last week.

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Others from the sporting world celebrating a birthday today are Stefan Edberg (aged 50) - winner of Wimbledon, the Australian Open and the US Open - former Republic of Ireland manager Steve Staunton (47), and Formula 1 driver Jenson Button (36).

Which also gives us an excuse to use this picture of Dennis Taylor with, for reasons unknown, a dog.  

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Must have taken ages to get all the hairs off that table.

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...Dennis Taylor.

The Northern Irishman, who memorably won the 1985 World Championship final 18-17 against Steve Davis, turns 67 today.

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Alun Wyn Jones has committed his long-term future to the Ospreys and Wales after re-signing his National Dual Contract.

The Ospreys captain’s current deal, agreed in March 2015, was due to expire at the end of the season. He had previously been linked with a move to France.

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There are more third round replays tonight. What's that? You want to know what they are? Ok then...

Aston Villa v Wycombe, Bradford v Bury, Bristol City v West Brom, Mk Dons v Northampton.

Portsmouth v Ipswich, Yeovil v Carlisle, Bolton v Eastleigh, Reading v Huddersfield.

There are also two games tomorrow -  Liverpool v Exeter and Leicester v Tottenham, which, you'll be chuffed to learn, is live on BBC One.

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Blackburn will meet Oxford in the fourth round of the FA Cup after winning a feisty match at Newport.

Half-time substitute Jordan Rhodes headed home a superb winner for the Championship side, who had Chris Brown dismissed after 10 minutes for a scything tackle on Medy Elito.

Rovers had taken an early lead through a Ben Marshall penalty before Mark Byrne equalised from 25 yards.

League Two Newport had goalkeeper Joe Day sent off in injury time. Lively.

"You have to be proactive with things like this and go and speak to the players rather than them reading about it in the newspapers or listening to it on the TV or the radio," Andy Murray added.

"I think the more proactive you are with educating young players, the better on matters like this."

The British number one added that players should learn about the dangers of match-fixing from the age of 15 and they should also be warned that a bad decision "can affect your career, can affect the whole sport".

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While we're talking about Andy Murray, the Scot has warned that tennis needs to do "a better job" of warning young players about the perils of match-fixing.

The British number one was responding to BBC and BuzzFeed News revelations about suspected illegal betting in tennis over the past decade.

World number one Novak Djokovic has revealed he was offered £110,000 to fix a match early in his career.

Murray, 28, said: "When people come with those sums of money when you are that age, people can make mistakes."