Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Faransa ta rasa wasanni biyu a gasar Six Nations ta 2003, gami da wasan farko da Ingila, wanda zai ci gaba da lashe Grand Slam. Faransa ta gama na uku ne kawai. Bayan nuna karfi a gasar cin kofin duniya, Faransa ta sake buga nasarar da suka samu a 2002 a gasar zakarun kasashe shida ta 2004. Faransa ta lashe dukkan wasanninta biyar don lashe gasar kuma ta kammala Grand Slam. Faransa ta kammala na biyu, a bayan Wales a gasar zakarun kasashe shida ta 2005, kuma a shekara mai zuwa a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2006
, Faransa ta sake cin nasara, tana samun kofin kasashe shida na uku a karkashin Laporte.