Pelous vows to put France back on track

FRANCE captain Fabien Pelous has vowed to address the problems which led to his side crashing to a shock defeat against Scotland in their RBS 6 Nations Championship opener.

Coach Bernard Laporte has named a 28-man squad for Saturday's Paris clash with Ireland, adding six players flankers Serge Betsen and Olivier Magne, hooker Raphael Ibanez, centre Damien Traille, winger Aurelien Rougerie and lock Pascal Pape to his squad. Laporte's men took the field at Murrayfield expecting comfortably to see off the Scots, whom they had beaten on seven consecutive occasions prior to Sunday. But Sean Lamont crossed for two tries to take his international tally to five and Chris Paterson kicked 10 points as Frank Hadden's side claimed a famous 20-16 win.

The loss of Yannick Jauzion with a fractured toe an injury which will also keep him out of the Ireland game this weekend was a major blow.