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Thursday, January 31, 2008

France ring changes for Scots opener

Six Nations defending champions France have named a much-changed side for their opening match against Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday.

Francois Trinh-Duc will be handed the crucial role at fly-half, the 21-year-old one of four uncapped players named by new coach Marc Lievremont.

Winger Julien Malzieu and props Lionel Faure and Julien Brugnaut are the other debutants.

Fulgence Ouedraogo gets the nod over Julien Bonnaire at flanker and will make only his second Test appearance, while Loic Jacquet comes in at lock for his third international for Les Bleus.

William Servat beats Dimitri Szarzewski to the hooker role and second-row forward Lionel Nallet starts in his first game as captain.



http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/01/30/rugby.france/index.html

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