France team to face England in Six Nations

Francois Trinh Duc in training with France

France have replaced Lionel Beauxis with the more experienced Francois Trinh-Duc for Saturday's Six Nations clash with England in Paris.

The change at fly-half that sees the playmakers swap roles between the bench and starting XV is the only adjustment to the matchday 23 selected for the 34-17 victory over Italy.

Giant Toulon centre Mathieu Bastareaud continues at outside centre in a team led by hooker Guilhem Guirado.

France team to play England

FORWARDS: 1 Jefferson Poirot, 2 Guilhem Guirado (CAPTAIN), 3 Rabah Slimani, 4 Paul Gabrillagues, 5 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 7 Yacouba Camara, 8 Marco Tauleigne

BACKS: 9 Maxime Machenaud, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 11 Remy Grosso, 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 14 Benjamin Fall, 15 Hugo Bonneval

REPLACEMENTS: 16 Adrien Pelissie, 17 Dany Priso, 18 Cedate Gomes Sa, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Kelian Galletier, 21 Baptiste Couilloud, 22 Lionel Beauxis, 23 Gael Fickou

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