France coach Marc Lievremont has made true on his promise to ring the changes for this weekend's return friendly against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium, by making 13 changes to the side that started in Bordeaux on Saturday.

FOR some time now, the fortunes of the Irish rugby team can be directly aligned to the wellbeing of Munster and Leinster.

South African born centre Brian Liebenberg scored a hat-trick to help France to a 41-14 win over the United States in Wollongong and go into the World Cup quarter-finals with four wins from four matches.

HT France 26 USA 0

Former France captain Fabien Pelous is back in the starting line-up for Saturday’s Six Nations clash against Scotland in Murrayfield.