FIFA World Cup 2018: France field youngest opening XI since 1930 against Australia

The France football team which will fielded against Australia during the FIFA World Cup 2018 has an average age of 24 and a half years - the lowest for the nation since 1930.

Didier Deschamps has put his faith in youth after naming France’s youngest side for an opening FIFA World Cup fixture in 88 years.

Kylian Mbappe, who is one of the youngest players to play for France, in action during the FIFA World Cup 2018 match against Australia. (REUTERS)

Rising stars Kylian Mbappe, 19, and Ousmane Dembele, 21, both started for Les Bleus in the Group C clash against Australia in Kazan on Saturday.

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The forward duo are joined up top by Antoine Griezmann, who will be in action for the first time since confirming he will remain at Atletico Madrid for the 2018-19 season.

Deschamps has also selected a pair of 22-year-old defenders in Benjamin Pavard - who plays for Stuttgart in Germany - and Lucas Hernandez, a club colleague of Griezmann’s at Atletico.

There is also a place for midfielder Corentin Tolisso, who is 23, in an XI captained by Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, the veteran of the bunch at the grand old age of 31.

With an average age of 24 years and six months, it is the youngest XI to appear for France in their first fixture at a World Cup since the side that faced Mexico at the 1930 tournament in Uruguay.