British leading French eleven getting third prize (6)
I believe the answer is:
bronze
'third prize' is the definition.
(bronze medal)
'british leading french eleven' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'br' (abbreviation for British).
'leading' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go in front of others).
'french eleven' becomes 'onze' ('eleven' in French).
'br'+'onze'='BRONZE'
'getting' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for bronze that I've seen before include "Third place medal" , "Hard alloy suitable for casting" , "Third prize" , "Tan; metal alloy" , "Third place - alloy" .)