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The France national rugby union team plays its home fixtures at the Stade de France, a ground with 81,338 seats and the setting for the championship weekends that define the calendar. Les Bleus have been in existence since 1 January 1906, and the nickname travels with them into every away ground in the Six Nations, where the scale of the venue is part of the occasion.
Fabien Galthié is the head coach. The championship count stands at twenty across the Five Nations and Six Nations eras, ten of those campaigns ending in a Grand Slam, and the most recent title arrived in 2026. Alongside it sit the named trophies of the fixture list, among them the Auld Alliance Trophy, the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy, the Trophée des Bicentenaires and the Solidarity Trophy.
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The national side was founded on 1 January 1906 and began representing France in international rugby union that same year.
Home internationals take place at the Stade de France, the national stadium used by the squad for its fixtures.
The Stade de France can hold a crowd of 81,338 spectators.
Fabien Galthié is the head coach who leads the France national rugby union team.
The national team has claimed the Small Slam on 196 occasions.
The team goes by the nickname Les Bleus, a name its supporters use.