Michalak and Elissalde to face England

Frederic Michalak and Jean-Baptiste Elissalde will form the half-back partnership combination for France when they take on England in a World Cup warm-up match in Marseille tomorrow.

The Toulouse pair have been given the nod over David Skrela and Pierre Mignoni, who started at fly-half and scrum-half respectively in France’s 21-15 win over the world champions at Twickenham last weekend.