France have made seven changes for the return rugby international against the Wallabies on Saturday.
The French, who went down 34-13 to the Australians in Sydney last Saturday, on Tuesday rejigged their starting lineup.
Fullback Pepito Elhorga (shoulder) and tight-head prop Lionel Faure (knee) were unavailable with injuries from last weekend’s opening Test.
Coach Marc Lievremont switched Biarritz’s Benjamin Thiiry from the left wing to fullback and made four other changes in the backline.
Toulouse’s Maxime Mermoz will partner Albi’s Thibault Lacroix in the centers and Bourgoin’s David Janin will take the left wing spot.
There will be a new scrum-half combination with Montpellier’s Francois Trinh-Duc switched from the centers to fly-half to partner Castres scrum-half Sebastien Tillous-Borde.
Dimitri Yachvili has been named as a replacement and last week’s fly-half Benjamin Boyet was left out all together.
Montpeller’s Fulgence Ouedraogo was shifted to number eight with Matthieu Lihvremont of Dax, the younger brother of the national coach, named with Imanol Harinordoquy as the two flankers.
Renaud Boyoud (Dax) and Pierre Correia (Albi) are the new props with Sale’s Sebastien Bruno remaining as hooker.
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