Injuries to key players have forced France coach Bernard Laporte to reshuffle his 22-man squad for the first RBS 6 Nations match against Scotland on February 5.

Imanol Harinordoquy has been named in the France team for the crucial RBS 6 Nations clash with England on Saturday.

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Beaten semi-finalists New Zealand and France have taken vastly different approaches to Thursday’s World Cup third-place play-off.

Keith Wood and his team have their chance to secure a place in history as they face France in their eagerly anticipated World Cup quarter-final in Melbourne.

France will be at full strength for their mouth-watering World Cup quarter-final encounter with Ireland in Melbourne on Sunday.

Tighthead prop Sylvain Marconnet will return to the French side this weekend for the crunch Pool B encounter with Scotland at Telstra Stadium.

A hat-trick of tries against Fiji was not enough for exciting centre Yannick Jauzion to keep his place in the France side for Saturday’s game against Japan.

Tony Marsh today completed a courageous comeback from cancer when he was named ahead of Damien Traille to play in France’s opening World Cup clash against Fiji.