French squad in the 2023 Rugby World Cup

[Tooting Carmen]

Francais de souche are only around half the squad, but even so.
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[Tooting Carmen]

N.B. French rugby players come disproportionately from the Southwest of the country, where the phenotypes tend to be a bit darker than elsewhere.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

They look like Iberians for the most part.

[Tooting Carmen]

They look like Iberians for the most part.

See what I wrote just above.

[slaog]

Only 18 of the 33 players. Would be less only for injuries.

[Oliver109]

Surprisingly dark and confirms what I saw in my recent trip to southern France that most locals seem to be alpine-med-cm blends with a bit of Nordic influence.

[Beowulf]

very CM

[slaog]

The 2 blond players (second row from bottom) are the second rows i.e the tall guys. One, Flament, was born in Paris, brought up in Belgium. The other, Chalureau, the most Gaulish looking if the squad, was in the news over a racist incident.

[Flashball]

The 2 blond players (second row from bottom) are the second rows i.e the tall guys. One, Flament, was born in Paris, brought up in Belgium. The other, Chalureau, the most Gaulish looking if the squad, was in the news over a racist incident.

Chesnut hair and this is not a general gaulish face
Many gaulish were like my northern french father: brown hair and brown eyes with robust facial features (not "robust" in the north african sens or iberian)

[Boudin]

Chesnut hair and this is not a general gaulish face

Compare to The Dying Gaul (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dying_Gaul) statue:


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