Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Faransa, a karkashin jagorancin sabon kocin da aka nada Philippe Saint-André, ya jimre wa gasar zakarun Turai ta 2012 (ta ƙare a 4th tare da 2 nasara, 1 da kuma 2 hasara) wanda ya kasance na karshe na 'yan wasa masu yawa na tawagar tare da Julien Bonnaire, Imanol Harinordoquy, Lionel Nallet, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Aurélien Rougerie, William Servat da Dimitri Yachvili suna wasa da wasanninsu na karshe a Faransa yayin da' yan wasa biyu (Wesley Fofana da Yoann Maestri) suka karbi kullunsu na farko. Yawon shakatawa na bazara na Argentina sannan ya nuna hauhawar sabbin 'yan wasa kamar Brice Dulin, Maxime Machenaud, Fofana da Maestri kuma sun ga dawowar a cikin cakuda Thomas Domingo (wanda ya rasa gasar cin kofin duniya saboda rauni), Yoann Huget (wanda ya rasa gasar cin kofin duniya saboda dakatarwa) da Frédéric Michalak (dawowa daga aikinsa a Super Rugby bayan ya fadi daga faransa na Faransa) yayin da gogaggen 'yan wasa kamar Vincent Clerc da Thierry Dusautoir sun huta, an ba da kyaftin din ga Pascal Papé. Jerin ya yi daidai 1-1. Daga nan Faransa ta ƙare 2012 tare da nasara uku a jere a Wasannin Kasa da Kasa na Kasa da Australia, Argentina da Samoa, suna da'awar matsayi na huɗu a cikin IRB World Rankings wanda ya ba su matsayi na farko don wasan Rugby World Cup na 2015 don haka guje wa New Zealand, Australia da Afirka ta Kudu a matakin rukuni. Duk da haka gasar zakarun kasashe shida ta 2013
ya kasance abin takaici sosai yayin da Faransa ta ƙare a ƙarshen teburin, tana da nasara guda ɗaya kawai da wasa tare da ƙungiyar da ba ta ci gaba ba tun lokacin bazara na baya - Antonie Claassen, Gaël Fickou, Jocelino Suta da Sébastien Vahaamahina sune kawai sabbin iyakoki yayin da aka tuna da Mathieu Bastareaud da Yannick Nyanga. Philippe Saint-André ya bayyana cewa wasan karshe na Top 14 da aka buga mako guda kafin gwajin farko, 'yan wasan da ke shiga wannan wasan karshe kuma don haka suka shiga cikin tawagar ba za su bayyana a gwajin farko ba.