Eight changes for Lievremont

France coach Marc Lievremont has made eight changes to his 22-man squad to take on Italy in their penultimate RBS 6 Nations clash on March 9.

Centre Yannick Jauzion has been recalled after recovering from recent injury problems.

Julien Malzieu is also back to full fitness while Imanol Harinordoquy has earned a recall.

Lievremont has also called up five uncapped players – Fabien Barcella, Guilhem Guirado, Ibrahim Diarra, Julien Tomas and Yann David – as Les Blues bid to get their championship hopes back on track.

France are looking to make it a hat-trick of Six Nations titles but a 24-13 defeat to England – their first in the tournament for eight years – has blown the championship race wide open.

Backs: D Yachvili (Biarritz), J Tomas (Montpellier), F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Y Jauzion (Toulouse), D Traille (Biarritz), Y David (Bourgoin), J Malzieu (Clermont-Auvergne), A Floch (Clermont-Auvergne), A Rougerie (Clermont-Auvergne), V Clerc (Toulouse).

Forwards: F Barcella (Auch), J-B Poux (Toulouse), N Mas (Perpignan), G Guirado (Perpignan), D Szarzewski (Stade Francais), L Nallet (Castres), J Thion (Biarritz), P Pape (Stade Francais), I Diarra (Montauban), L Picamoles (Montpellier), F Ouedraogo (Montpellier), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz).