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France change two for clash against Italy

Article Published: Wednesday 10 March 2010

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France coach Marc Lievremont made two changes on Wednesday to his starting line-up for the Six Nations match with Italy this Sunday at the Stade de France from the one that beat Wales 26-20 last time.

The 39-year-old - who is two victories away from landing France's first Grand Slam since 2004 - brought in wing Marc Andreu and centre David Marty for Julien Malzieu and Mathieu Bastareaud respectively, who drop to the replacements bench.

Castres wing Andreu, 24, will start for the first time in his career, having won his first test cap three minutes from the end of the win over Wales.

France round off their campaign against old foes England at the Stade de France on March 20.

Team (15-1)

Clement Poitrenaud; Marc Andreu, David Marty, Yannick Jauzion, Alexis Palisson; Francois Trinh-Duc, Morgan Parra; Imanol Harinordoquy, Julien Bonnaire, Thierry Dusautoir (capt); Julien Pierre, Lionel Nallet; Nicolas Mas, William Servat, Thomas Domingo

Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewski, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Sebastien Chabal, Alexandre Lapandry, Dimitri Yachvili, Mathieu Bastareaud, Julien Malzieu