French coach Saint-Andre recalls Michalak

France head coach Philippe Saint-André has dropped Francois Trinh-Duc for Saturday’s meeting with Ireland at the Aviva Stadium with the unpredictable Freddie Michalak returning to the number 10 jersey.

While the pack remains the same from the side that lost out against England in Twickenham in Round 3, Saint-André has made two further changes to his backline with centre Florian Fritz and winger Maxime Medard coming into the team in place of Mathieu Bastareaud, Benjamin Fall.