Full-back Cedric Heymans and half-backs Jean-Baptiste Elissalde and David Skrela all get to make the squad again, as well as Thierry Dusautoir, Elvis Vermeulen and William Servat who are back in front, however, wing Aurelien Rougerie gets dropped this time around
Centre Yann David, scrum-half Julien Tomas, flanker Ibrahim Diarra, number eight Louis Picamoles and Guilhem Guirado are other French rugby players who have been left out of the team to play Wales.
Marc Lievremont explained why he had made the choices he has in this way: "Wales are a tough assignment and we needed players that already know and understand our system so can work at fine-tuning our tactics in the short time that is left for us."
France get to hold on to their Six Nations crown if they defeat Wales by 20 points.
