France coach Fabien Galthié has overhauled his match 23 for Saturday’s Test against Fiji following last week’s bruising loss to the Springboks in Paris.
Galthié has made six changes to his starting XV and a further five adjustments on the bench.
Despite the shake-up, the back three of Thomas Ramos, Damian Penaud and Louis Bielle-Biarrey remains intact.
Nicolas Depoortere comes in at outside centre, with Pierre-Louis Barassi shifting to inside centre and Gaël Fickou dropping out of the 23 entirely.
Romain Ntamack continues at flyhalf but will have Maxime Lucu alongside him at scrumhalf, replacing Nolann Le Garrec.
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Up front, captain Grégory Alldritt returns at No 8 and is joined in the loose trio by Anthony Jelonch and youngster Oscar Jegou, who replaces Paul Boudehent.
Charles Ollivon comes back into the starting lineup in the second row alongside Emmanuel Meafou, with Jean-Baptiste Gros and Julien Marchand joining Regis Montagne in the front row.
On the bench, Galthié has brought in Maxime Lamothe, Rodrigue Neti, Thomas Laclayat, Baptiste Jauneau and Emilien Gailleton, while Romain Taofifénua and Hugo Auradou provide lock cover.
FRANCE – 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Maxime Lucu, 8 Gregory Alldritt (c), 7 Oscar Jegou, 6 Anthony Jelonch, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Charles Ollivon, 3 Regis Montagne, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros.
Bench: 16 Maxime Lamothe, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 Thomas Laclayat, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Hugo Auradou, 21 Paul Boudehent, 22 Baptiste Jauneau, 23 Emilien Gailleton.
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