
Lievremont has decided to recall centres Florian Fritz and Damien Traille instead of Clement Poitrenaud and Benoit Baby who is injured.
Jerome Thion and Julien Bonnaire are going to take the place of back-row forwards Fulgence Ouedraogo and Louis Picamoles, and Sebastien Chabal moves from lock to the back row.
Francois Trinh-Duc is the only fly-half chosen to be part of the team.
Lionel Beauxis is unable to play due to with an injured back.
Flanker Ouedraogo has surprisingly not been selected to be part of the new squad although he has played well.
Fritz is making a comeback to the French team after having served a three-week suspension for punching during the match in which France lost to Ireland at the start of the Six Nations series of matches.