6N: France v Scotland: Gaël Fickou returns as hosts stick with seven-one bench split
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FRANCE have made two changes to their starting XV ahead of Saturday’s clash with Scotland in Paris, when any sort of win will virtually guarantee the home side the title.
Experienced centre Gaël Fickou makes his first appearance of the championship after recovering from a broken thumb, while, as anticipated, Maxime Lucu, takes over the No 9 jersey from Antoine Dupont, who suffered an ACL rupture on his knee against Ireland last weekend.
Nolann Le Garrec comes into the squad as the only back replacement on the bench.
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France (versus Scotland at Stade de France on Saturday @ 8pm GMT – live on BBC): F Ramos; D Penaud, G Fickou, Y Moefana, L Bielle-Biarray; R Ntamack, M Lucu; J Gros, O Mauvaka, I Atonio, T Flament, M Guillard, F Cros, Boudehent, G Alldritt ©. Subs: J Marchand, C Baille, D Aldegheri, H Auradou, E Maefou, O Jegou, A Jelonch, N Le Garrac.
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