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MARCOUSSIS, France, Feb 19, 2008 (AFP) - France coach Marc
Lievremont has made five changes to his team for Saturday's Six
Nations clash with World Cup finalists England in Stade de France.
Lievremont on Tuesday named an inexperienced half-back pairing
of Francois Trinh-Duc and Morgan Parra.
Bourgoin scrum-half Parra was preferred to Biarritz' Dimitri
Yachvili with Trinh-Duc replacing David Skrela.
Jean-Baptiste Poux and Yachvili, called up Monday as
replacements for injured Julien Brugnaut and Jean-Baptiste
Elissalde, start on the bench.
Number eight Louis Picamoles gets his first Test start along
with Romain Millo-Chluski, who provides cover for captain Lionel
Nallet in the second row.
Picamoles will be backed up by Thierry Dusautoir and Julien
Bonnaire, who moves to wing.
Lievremont has stuck with the front row from the 26-21 win
against Ireland with hooker Dimitri Szarzewski and props Nicolas Mas
and Lionel Faure.
The rest of the back lines remain unchanged with David Marty and
Damien Traille in centre, Aurelien Rougerie and Vincent Clerc at
wing and Cedric Heymans, the back. Traille will have the
reponsibility of penalty kicker.
The teams last meet in October last year, when Brian Ashton's
side won 14-9 in a World Cup semi-final at the Stade de France.

Team
Cedric Heymans (Toulouse); Aurelien Rougerie (Clermont), David
Marty (Perpignan), Damien Traille (Biarritz), Vincent Clerc
(Toulouse); Francois Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Morgan Parra
(Bourgoin); Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Louis Picamoles
(Montpellier), Julien Bonnaire (Clermont); Romain Millo-Chluski
(Toulouse), Lionel Nallet (Castres, capt); Nicolas Mas (Perpignan),
Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Français), Lionel Faure (Sale/ENG)
Replacements: William Servat (Toulouse), Jean-Baptiste Poux
(Toulouse), Pascal Pape (Stade Francais), Fulgence Ouedraogo
(Montpellier), Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz), David Skrela (Stade
Francais), Anthony Floch (Clermont)