No changes in Australian side

AUSTRALIA coach Eddie Jones has named an unchanged side for Saturday’s Test against France at the Stade de France in Paris.

Jones has kept faith with the side that defeated Scotland 31-14 in Edinburgh on Saturday in the opening match of the Wallabies’ four-Test tour.

“We were reasonably happy with the way we started the tour against Scotland and haven’t seen the need to make any changes at this stage,” said Jones.

Australia may not have had too many problems in seeing off Scotland but Jones believes that attempting to overcome France will prove to be a massive task.

He said: “This will be one of the biggest Tests of the year.

“Playing France, the Six Nations champions in Paris, in front of huge crowd is really something the whole team is looking forward to.

“We’ve prepared well so far this week, we know we need to step it up another level, and we’re going to continue to play our traditional style of positive rugby.”

AUSTRALIA (v France): C Latham; C Rathbone, S Mortlock, M Giteau, L Tuqiri; S Larkham, G Gregan (cap); B Young, J Paul, A Baxter, J Harrison, D Vickerman, G Smith, P Waugh, J Roe.

Replacements: M Dunning, B Cannon, M Chisholm, D Lyons, E Flatley, M Rogers, W Sailor.