France v New Zealand teams

France v New Zealand Stade Velodrome, Marseille Saturday, 28 November Kick-off: 1945 GMT. New Zealand have made three changes for their match with France with prop Neemia Tialata, flanker Jerome Kaino and wing Cory Jane all includid. Missing out are; Adam Thomson, Owen Franks and Zac Guildford, while full-back Mils Muliaina will become the second most-capped All Black in history.

France have also made changes with Julien Dupuy coming in at scrum-half and in the pack Fulgence Ouedraogo, Romain Millo-Chluski, William Servat and Fabien Barcella all return. The French crushed Samoa 45-5 at the Stade de France last weekend, but have returned to the bulk of the side that beat world champions South Africa 20-13 on 13 November with prop Sylvain Marconnet and lock Sebastien Chabal given the nod. Maxime Mermoz, Imanol Harinordoquy, Benjamin Fall and Louis Picamoles were ruled out by injury.

Teams

France: Damien Traille; Vincent Clerc, David Marty, Yannick Jauzion, Maxime Medard; Francois Trinh-Duc, Julien Dupuy; Fabien Barcella, William Servat, Sylvain Marconnet, Sebastien Chabal, Romain Millo-Chluski, Thierry Dusautoir (capt), Fulgence Ouedraogo, Julien Bonnaire.
Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewski, Nicolas Mas, Lionel Nallet, Julien Puricelli, Morgan Parra, Yann David, Cedric Heymans.

New Zealand: Mils Muliaina; Cory Jane, Conrad Smith, Ma’a Nonu, Sitiveni Sivivatu; Dan Carter, Jimmy Cowan; Tony Woodcock, Andrew Hore, Neemia Tialata, Brad Thorn, Tom Donnelly, Jerome Kaino, Richie McCaw (capt), Kieran Read.
Replacements: Corey Flynn, Owen Franks, Anthony Boric, Tanerau Latimer, Andy Ellis, Stephen Donald, Luke McAlister.

Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

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