Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: France, i raro i te arata'iraa o te kaiako hou Philippe Saint-André, ka mau i te 2012 Six Nations Championship (mutunga 4th ki 2 toa, 1 tohatoha me 2 mate) i te putanga whakamutunga o te maha ngā āhuatanga matua o te squad ki te rite o Julien Bonnaire, Imanol Harinordoquy, Lionel Nallet, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Aurélien Rougerie, William Servat ko Dimitri Yachvili tākaro ratou kēmu whakamutunga i roto i te jersey France i te mea anake te tokorua o ngā kaitākaro (Wesley Fofana ko Yoann Maestri) riro ratou kapu tuatahi. Ko te haerenga raumati o Argentina i tohu i te pikinga ake o nga kaitakaro hou penei i a Brice Dulin, Maxime Machenaud, Fofana me Maestri ka hoki mai ano ki te ranunga o Thomas Domingo (i ngaro i te Ipu o te Ao na te whara), Yoann Huget (i ngaro i te Ipu o te Ao na te aukati) me Frédéric Michalak (kua hoki mai i tana mahi i Super Rugby i muri i tana hinga i te manakohanga o te whutupaoro French) i te wa e okioki ana nga kaitakaro mohio penei i a Vincent Clerc me Thierry Dusautoir, ka tukuna te rangatira ki a Pascal Papé. I whakatauhia te Raupapa 1-1. I mutu a France i te tau 2012 me te wikitoria e toru i te Autumn Internationals i runga i Ahitereiria, Argentina me Samoa, e kii ana i te tuawha o nga IRB World Rankings i whakawhiwhia ki a raatau te mana o te First Seed mo te 2015 Rugby World Cup ka karo i a New Zealand, Ahitereiria me Awherika ki te Tonga i te waahanga o te puna. Heoi anō te
Ko te 2013 Six Nations Championship he tino pouri i te wa i mutu ai a France i raro o te teepu, e kii ana i te wikitoria kotahi me te toenga me te roopu kaore i tino whanake mai i te raumati o mua - ko Antonie Claassen, Gaël Fickou, Jocelino Suta me Sébastien Vahaamahina anake nga kapi hou i te wa e ngaro ana a Mathieu Bastareaud me Yannick Nyanga. I kii a Philippe Saint-André ko te mutunga o te Top 14 i purei kotahi wiki noa i mua o te whakamatautau tuatahi, ko nga kaitakaro e whai waahi ana ki tenei whakamutunga, na reira ka uru wawe mai ki te roopu kaore e uru ki te whakamatautau tuatahi.