Eleven Catalans Dragons players have been named in the France squad to take on England in Toulouse on Friday.

Thomas Bosc, Remi Casty, Vincent Duport, Olivier Elima, Jamal Fakir, David Ferriol, Jerome Guisset, Gregory Mounis, Dimitri Pelo, Sebastien Raguin and Cyril Stacul have all been selected by John Monie. Catalans game with Wakefield has been re-arranged to Tuesday because of the call ups.

They are joined by two other Super League players - Harlequins hooker Julien Rinaldi and Eric Anselme, who is on loan at Leeds from Pia.

There are six representatives from the French Elite Championship - Laurent Carrasco, Trent Clayton and Sebastien Planas from Toulouse, Villeneuve's Pierre Sabatie, James Wynne of Lezignan and Carcassonne's Teddy Sadaoui.

There is another English based player in the squad, Widnes prop Adel Fellous.

It is France's last match before they open their World Cup campaign against Scotland in October.

Coach John Monie said: "It's an international game in its own right so it stands alone as being a very important match.

"I'm a big believer in international competition and I think we showed last year that we've gone beyond that European league where we were playing teams like Russia and we've taken the next step forward. This is a stepping stone to the World Cup."

The French Federation is aiming for a crowd of 10,000 at the game, which will take place at the Ernest Wallon Stadium in Toulouse.