France go with rookie half-back pairing for New Zealand test

France have named inexperienced half-back duo Anthony Belleau and Antoine Dupont in the starting XV to face New Zealand tomorrow.

Toulouse scrum-half Dupont, 20, has been capped three times while 21-year-old Toulon fly-half Belleau will win his first cap against the All Blacks.

Wrecking-ball centre Mathieu Bastareaud returns to Les Bleus’ squad for the first time in more than two years, with his last appearance in the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Cup where New Zealand beat France 62-13.