All change for France at half-back

France have chosen a new-look half-back partnership of Pierre Mignoni and David Skrela for their RBS 6 Nations Championship opener against Italy in Rome’s Stadio Flaminio on Saturday.

Clermont-Auvergne’s Mignoni gets the nod over regular Les Bleus scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili, while Stade Francais fly-half Skrela returns to the team almost six years after his last appearance for his country.