Traille out, Baby faces Ireland

FRANCE centre Damien Traille has been ruled out of Saturday’s Six Nations clash against Ireland at Lansdowne Road, and will be replaced by Toulouse’s Benoit Baby, who is set to earn his first cap.

France rugby manager Jo Maso confirmed yesterday that 25-year-old Traille has not recovered from an inflamed ankle which kept him from playing in Saturday’s Northern Hemisphere - Southern Hemisphere match in aid of the tsunami victims.

The Biarritz star, who scored the only try in France’s first Six Nations match this season against Scotland, was rested on Friday and Saturday and underwent a test yesterday to see if he would be fit for the Ireland clash.