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Bastareaud on the bench as Saint-Andre rings the changes

France coach Philippe Saint-Andre has relegated powerful centre Mathieu Bastareaud to the bench for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations clash against Wales in Paris.

Bastareaud on the bench as Saint-Andre rings the changes

Thu, 26 Feb, 2015 - 00:00

Lloyd Joube

Bastareaud is replaced by Remi Lamerat as one of five changes following Les Bleus’ 18-11 defeat to Ireland last time out.

Three other switches behind the scrum see starts for full-back Brice Dulin, wing Sofiane Guitoune and scrum-half Morgan Parra, who take over from Scott Spedding, an injured Teddy Thomas and Rory Kockott, respectively.

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Courts Rugby Place: Paris Place: Dublin Place: Cardiff Place: Cote d’Azur Place: Mediterranean Place: Toulon Place: Stade de France Place: Murrayfield Place: Ireland Place: Rome Person: Bastareaud Person: Saint-Andre Person: Philippe Saint-Andre Person: Mathieu Bastareaud Person: Remi Lamerat Person: Brice Dulin Person: Sofiane Guitoune Person: Morgan Parra Person: Scott Spedding Person: Teddy Thomas Person: Rory Kockott Person: Romain Taofifenua Person: Pascal Papé Person: Pape Person: Jamie Heaslip Person: Leigh Halfpenny Person: Halfpenny Person: Shaun Edwards Person: Jacques Brunel Person: Enrico Bacchin Person: Zebre Person: Michele Visentin Person: Bacchin Person: Andrea Masi Person: Dario Chistolini Person: Martin Castrogiovanni Person: Matias Aguero Person: Alberto De Marchi Person: Aguero Person: Azzurri Person: Joshua Furno Person: Marco Bortolami Person: Simone Favaro Person: Favaro Person: Mauro Bergamasco Person: Finn Russell Person: Russell Person: Dan Biggar Event: Six Nations Organisation: France Organisation: RBS Organisation: Wales Organisation: Les Bleus’Organisation: Ireland Organisation: Toulon Organisation: Les Bleus Organisation: Cardiff Blues Organisation: Scotland Organisation: Italy Organisation: Benetton Treviso Organisation: Zebre Organisation: Argentina Organisation: Six Nations

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