Chabal and Yachvili dropped for vital clash

Sebastien Chabal and Dimitri Yachvili have been dropped from France’s squad for the RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with Scotland on Saturday.

Tue, 13 Mar, 2007 - 11:35

Sebastien Chabal and Dimitri Yachvili have been dropped from France’s squad for the RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with Scotland on Saturday.

The pair struggled in the 26-18 defeat to England on Sunday, and Les Bleus have opted to bring in Elvis Vermeulen for Sale’s Chabal at number eight and Jean-Baptiste Elissalde for Yachvili at scrum-half.

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Courts Rugby Heathrow Place: Rome Person: Chabal Person: Yachvili Person: Sebastien Chabal Person: Dimitri Yachvili Person: Elvis Vermeulen Person: Jean-Baptiste Elissalde Person: Damien Traille Person: David Skrela Person: Lionel Beauxis Person: Traille Person: R Ibanez Person: S Bruno Person: Sale Person: O Milloud Person: N Mas Person: P de Villiers Person: L Nallet Person: P Pape Person: J Thion Person: S Betsen Person: J Bonnaire Person: I Harinordoquy Person: E Vermeulen Person: P Mignoni Person: J-B Elissalde Person: D Skrela Person: L Beauxis Person: Y Jauzion Person: D Marty Person: C Heymans Person: C Dominici Event: RBS 6 Nations Championship Organisation: France Organisation: Scotland Organisation: England Organisation: Les Bleus Organisation: Biarritz Organisation: Stade de France Organisation: Ireland Organisation: Italy Organisation: Bourgoin Organisation: Perpignan Organisation: Stade Francais Organisation: Castres Organisation: Clermont-Auvergne Organisation: Toulouse

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