France team for Wales Clash

France have been forced into two changes for the visit to Wales on Friday with injuries to wing Benjamin Fall and lock Pascal Pape. Both players suffered ankle injuries and will be replaced by Julien Malzieu and Julien Pierre respectively.

France’s other change from the team that beat Ireland 33-10 in Paris sees flanker Julien Bonnaire come in for the injured Fulgence Ouedraogo.

With Pape out, Sebastien Chabal is to take Pierre’s place on the replacements bench. Alexandre Lapandry, who has just one cap, is named on the bench, with the more experienced Bonnaire slotting into the back-row alongside Imanol Harinordoquy and captain Thierry Dusautoir. Also on the bench are props Jean-Baptiste Poux and Castres’ Marc Andreu.

Team

Clement Poitrenaud (Toulouse); Julien Malzieu (Clermont), Mathieu Bastareaud (Stade Francais), Yannick Jauzion (Toulouse), Alexis Palisson (Brive); Francois Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Morgan Parra (Clermont Auvergne); Thomas Domingo (Clermont Auvergne), William Servat (Toulouse), Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), Lionel Nallet (Racing-Metro), Julien Pierre (Clermont Auvergne), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse, capt), Julien Bonnaire (Clermont Auvergne), Imanol Harinordoquy (Biarritz).
Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Francais), Jean-Baptiste Poux (Toulouse), Sebastien Chabal (Racing-Metro), Alexandre Lapandry (Clermont Auvergne), Frederic Michalak (Toulouse), David Marty (Perpignan), Marc Andreu (Castres).

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