Tuesday, August 14, 2007

France ring changes for England

Winger Christophe Dominici is back in the France squad in one of six changes for Saturday's second World Cup warm-up game against England in Marseille.

Dominici, who missed Saturday's 21-15 victory over the world champions at Twickenham, replaces Vincent Clerc.

Centre David Marty drops out to make way for Yannick Jauzion, who returns after recovering from a back injury.

In the forwards, Sale hooker Sebastien Bruno, Lionel Nallet, Thierry Dusautoir and Imanol Harinordoquy come in.

Dimitri Szarzewski, Sale's Sebastien Chabal, Serge Betsen and Remy Martin are the players who miss out.

France squad: Backs: J-B Elissalde (Toulouse), P Mignoni (Clermont-Auvergne), F Michalak (Toulouse), D Skrela (Stade Francais), Y Jauzion (Toulouse), D Traille (Biarritz), C Dominici (Stade Francais), C Heymans (Toulouse), A Rougerie (Clermont-Auvergne), C Poitrenaud (Toulouse) Forwards: S Bruno (Sale), R Ibanez (Wasps, capt), N Mas (Perpignan), O Milloud (Bourgoin), J-B Poux (Toulouse), L Nallet (Castres), F Pelous (Toulouse), J Thion (Biarritz), J Bonnaire (Bourgoin), T Dusautoir (Toulouse), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz), Y Nyanga (Toulouse).

Source: BBC Sport

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