France have made 13 modifications to their facet to tackle Fiji of their penultimate Rugby World Cup warm-up match, giving a final alternative to gamers on the perimeter of choice earlier than deciding their squad for the event.
Solely Gregory Alldritt, who captains the staff, and centre Jonathan Danty stay from the facet that scrapped to a 30-27 win over Scotland in St Etienne final Saturday.
The give attention to the staff for Saturday’s Take a look at in Nantes would be the five-eighth place after an harm to Romain Ntamack, who has been dominated out of the World Cup after a critical knee harm suffered final weekend.
Coach Fabien Galthie begins with Antoine Hastoy, who has solely three caps however can put himself ahead as potential first alternative No.10 for the World Cup, which begins subsequent month.
The staff additionally consists of fullback Melvyn Jaminet, making his first look for France in a yr.
Lock Paul Willemse, who has been recovering from harm, performs his first Take a look at of the warm-up sequence.
The substitutes embrace uncapped Thomas Laclayat, who has been added to the squad after the harm suffered by Demba Bamba final Saturday.
France have performed Scotland twice in warm-up internationals this month and can nonetheless tackle Australia in Paris on August 27. They title their 33-man squad for the World Cup on Monday.
Scotland’s first recreation on the event is in opposition to New Zealand on the Stade de France on September 8.
FRANCE SQUAD v FIJI
Melvyn Jaminet, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Arthur Vincent, Jonathan Danty, Yoram Moefana, Antoine Hastoy, Maxime Lucu, Gregory Alldritt (capt), Dylan Cretin, Francois Cros, Paul Willemse, Florian Verhaeghe, Uini Atonio, Peato Mauvaka, Reda Wardi.
Replacements: Pierre Bourgarit, Jean-Baptiste Gros, Thomas Laclayat, Bastien Chalureau, Thibaud Flament, Sekou Macalou, Baptiste Serin, Matthieu Jalibert.
