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France make seven changes for England

Francois Trinh-Duc will make his first start for in eight months after being named in the starting XV to face at Twickenham on Saturday.
The fly-half is one of seven changes made by head coach Phillipe Saint-Andre  in attempt to revive their campaign after two defeats in the opening two rounds.
Trinh-Duc takes over from Frederic Michalak who drops to the bench and will form a new-look half-back partnership as out-of-favour Morgan Parra has been named at scrum-half.
Vincent Clerc has been recalled on the right wing after missing the first two rounds through injury pushing Wesley Fofana in the midfield where he will partner powerhouse Mathieu Bastareaud.
Up front, duo Thomas Domingo and former player Benjamin Kayser are preferred to Yannick Forestier and Dimitri Szarzewski at loosehead and hooker respectively.
Behind them, Castres lock Christophe Samson is named ahead of Jocelino Suta with Toulouse flanker Yannick Nyanga taking the place of the injured Fulgence Ouedraogo at .
On the bench, South-Africa born Antonie Claassen looks set to make his Test debut for Les Bleus after qualifying through residency.
France: Yohan Huget; Vincent Clerc, Mathieu Bastareaud, Wesley Fofana, Benjamin Fall; Francois Trinh-Duc, Morgan Parra; Thomas Domingo, Benjamin Kayser, Nicolas Mas; Christophe Samson, Yohan Maestri; Yannick Nyanga, Thierry Dusautoir (Capt.), Louis Picamoles.
Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewki, Vincent Debaty, Luc Ducalcon, Jocelino Suta, Antonie Claassen, Maxime Machenaud, Frederic Michalak, Floriant Fritz.

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