France look to bounce back

France are looking to bounce back from last weekend’s nightmare at Twickenham when they take on wooden-spoon favourites Italy in the RBS 6 Nations at Rome’s Stadio Flaminio today.

Under-pressure Les Bleus head coach Marc Lievremont made four changes in personnel to the team that started the 34-10 defeat by England, Damien Traille and Florian Fritz returning behind the scrum while Julien Bonnaire and Fabien Barcella were back in the pack.