Lievremont explains Les Bleus shake-up

FRANCE coach Marc Lievremont insists the changes made to his side for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations match with England are based on squad rotation rather than any special measures designed to outfox Martin Johnson’s men.

Lievremont, who stoked the fires ahead of the crunch encounter by claiming he did not like the English, has rung the changes to his starting side by handing recalls to Sebastien Chabal, Vincent Clerc, Dimitri Yachvili and Yannick Jauzion, while Maxime Medard switches from wing to full-back to replace Clement Poitrenaud.

Damien Traille, who operated at full-back in the opening 34-21 win over Scotland before switching to centre against Ireland, moves to the bench, while Morgan Parra and Julien Bonnaire also make way.