Twelve players who have had no or limited playing time for France so far in the Six Nations Championship were released for the clash in Biarritz.
They would have been hoping to make a good impression in front of head coach, Bernard Laporte, and team manager, Jo Maso, with Sunday’s Twickenham game against England on the horizon.
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