 Sebastien Tillous-Borde gets the scrum-half spot for the Dublin encounter
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France have named Sebastien Tillous-Borde at scrum-half for Saturday's RBS Six Nations opener against Ireland at Croke Park.
The Castres player is selected ahead of Morgan Parra, while Florian Fritz comes in at centre and Clement Poitrenaud is recalled at full-back.
Poitrenaud's inclusion means Maxime Medard moves to the wing, where he displaces Cedric Heymans.
Imanol Harinordoquy takes over at number eight from Louis Picamoles.
Sale's Sebastien Chabal retains his place in the second row, while Nicolas Mas is surprisingly left on the bench - Benoit Lecouls is preferred as prop.
Tillous-Borde and Lionel Beauxis will be half-back partners for the first time.
A late Vincent Clerc try gave France a 20-17 win over Ireland on their last visit to Dublin in 2007.
The Irish will name their line-up later on Tuesday.
France: Clement Poitrenaud (Toulouse); Julien Malzieu (Clermont-Auvergne), Florian Fritz, Yannick Jauzion, Maxime Medard (all Toulouse); Lionel Beauxis (Stade Francais), Sebastien Tillous-Borde (Castres); Lionel Faure (Sale), Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Francais), Benoit Lecouls (Toulouse), Sebastien Chabal (Sale), Lionel Nallet (Castres, capt), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier), Imanol Harinordoquy (Biarritz).
Replacements: Benjamin Kayser (Leicester), Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), Romain Millo-Chluski (Toulouse), Louis Picamoles (Montpellier), Morgan Parra (Bourgoin), Benoit Baby (Clermont-Auvergne), Cedric Heymans (Toulouse).
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