Traille out of Paris clash

FRENCH centre Damien Traille was forced out of Saturday’s Paris Test against Australia with an ankle injury.

He suffered the injury at training on Tuesday and was carried from the field by team-mates.

It appears that Traille will miss all three of France’s November Tests - against the Wallabies this week, Argentina in Marseilles next week, and New Zealand in Paris the week after.

Team doctor Thierry Hermerel said Jauzion faced up to three weeks on the sidelines after scans revealed he had badly sprained his ankle.

The 24-year-old will be replaced by France’s international player of the year, Yannick Jauzion, who had been surprisingly left out of the starting line-up by coach Bernard Laporte.

FRANCE (v Australia): N Brusque (Biarritz), A Rougerie (Clermont), T Marsh (Clermont), Y Jauzion (Stade Toulousain), C Heymans (Stade Toulousain), F Michalak (Stade Toulousain), J Elissalde (Stade Toulousain); O Milloud (Bourgoin), W Servat (Stade Toulousain), S Marconnet (Stade Français), F Pelous (Stade Toulousain, captain), J Thion (Biarritz), S Betsen (Biarritz), O Magne (Clermont), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz).

Replacements: S Bruno (Sale Sharks, England), N Mas (Perpignan), 1P Papé (Bourgoin), J Bonnaire (Bourgoin), J Peyrelongue (Biarritz), C Poitrenaud (Stade Toulousain), C Dominici (Stade Français).