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France leave Sebastien Chabal out of provisional World Cup squad

By Sportsmail Reporter
Updated: 10:24 EDT, 11 May 2011

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Sebastien Chabal has been omitted from France's provisional 32-man squad for the World Cup in September.

The 33-year-old number eight was recently suspended for a fortnight after claiming that referees in the domestic Top 14 competition are biased towards Castres and Biarritz, and was also one of the six players dropped by France coach Marc Lievremont after the embarrassing RBS 6 Nations defeat to Italy earlier this year.

French fried: France forward Sebastien Chabal has been left out of the provisional World Cup squad

France's provisional squad

Forwards: F Barcella (Biarritz); T Domingo (Clermont Auvergne), L Ducalcon (Castres), N Mas (Perpignan), S Marconnet (Stade Francais), J-B Poux (Toulouse), W Servat (Toulouse), D Szarzewski (Stade Francais), L Nallet (Racing Metro), J Pierre (Clermont Auvergne), R Millo-Chluski (Toulouse), P Pape (Stade Francais), J Bonnaire (Clermont Auvergne), T Dusautoir (Toulouse, capt), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz), R Lakafia (Biarritz), F Ouedraogo (Montpellier), L Picamoles (Toulouse). Backs: M Parra (Clermont Auvergne), D Yachvili (Biarritz), F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), D Skrela (Toulouse), F Estebanez (Brive), D Marty (Perpignan), M Mermoz (Perpignan), A Rougerie (Clermont Auvergne), D Traille (Biarritz), V Clerc (Toulouse), C Heymans (Toulouse), Y Huget (Bayonne), M Medard (Toulouse), A Palisson (Brive).

Former Sale man Chabal is expected to learn his fate over his referee remarks in the next 24 hours, but now looks set to miss out on the sport's showpiece event in New Zealand later this year. Toulouse centre Yannick Jauzion, another dropped after the Italy upset, has also been left out.

Lievremont said today: 'I assured Sebastien that he had been judged in terms of sport and that the controversy had nothing to do with my choice. Last year I saw Raphael Lakafia progress and Louis Picamoles has great potential.

'The choice was not easy as Sebastien Chabal is important in the group. But I chose to focus on younger players to keep progressing.'

Lievremont and his back-room staff have included three players who are currently injured, in the hope that they may have recovered in time for the tournament.

Clermont Auvergne captain Aurelien Rougerie, who suffered a serious ankle injury at the weekend and is set to be sidelined for three to four months, makes the squad of 32 as does club team-mate Thomas Domingo, who has a knee injury.

Fabien Barcella (Achilles) is the other player on whom Lievremont is prepared to gamble. Biarritz flanker Raphael Lafakia is the only uncapped player in the squad.