France name unchanged squad to face England

France coach Marc Lievremont today named an unchanged squad for the RBS 6 Nations game against England.

Lievremont will take the same 23 men who led Les Bleus to a 46-20 win over Italy yesterday into Saturday’s clash, with Dimitri Yachvili, who replaced the injured Frederic Michalak in that squad, retained.

The coach was quoted by L’Equipe as saying: “You’re never sure of anything, but you know what you think. The players did well against Wales and Italy.

“We opted for continuity. This group is equipped to beat the English. I think the players are fresh and fit.”

France top the Six Nations table by two points from Ireland. They will be looking to achieve the Grand Slam against England on Saturday.

Forwards: T Domingo (Clermont), C Baiocco (Racing-Metro), N Mas (Perpignan), J Poux (Stade Toulousain), W Servat (Stade Toulousain), D Szarzewski (Stade Francais), S Chabal (Racing-Metro), L Nallet (Racing-Metro), J Pierre (Clermont), J Bonnaire (Clermont), T Dusautoir (Stade Toulousain), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz), A Lapandry (Clermont)

Backs : M Parra (Clermont), F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), M Bastareaud (Stade Francais), Y Jauzion (Stade Toulousain), D Marty (Perpignan), M Andreu (Castres Olympique), J Malzieu (Clermont), A Palisson (Brive), C Poitrenaud (Stade Toulousain), D Yachvili (Biarritz).