France rotate for Tonga

FRANCE coach Bernard Laporte has made a number of changes to his starting line-up to face Tonga in Toulouse on Saturday as Les Bleus look to make it three wins out of three.

Thu, 17 Nov, 2005 - 00:00

France beat Australia 26-16 in Marseilles and Canada 50-6 in Nantes last weekend.

Laporte has opted to rotate his squad and Raphael Ibanez, Julien Laharrague, Vincent Clerc, Yann Delaigue, Olivier Milloud, Gregory Lamboley, Yannick Nyanga and Sebastien Chabal all start.

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