France have named an unchanged squad for Saturday's Six Nations finale against England in Paris.
France have named an unchanged squad for Saturday's Six Nations finale against England in Paris.
Biarritz scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili stays in Les Bleus coach Marc Lievremont's 23-man squad, after being called-up as an injury replacement for Toulouse's Freddie Michalak.
Vincent Clerc has returned to fitness, but Castres' Marc Andreu, Clermont's Julien Malzieu and Brive's Alexis Palisson are retained.
The French are on course for their ninth Grand Slam, following their Italy 46-20 at the Stade de France on Sunday.
Defence coach Dave Ellis, who also coaches Guinness Premiership side London Irish, feels that France allowed Italy too much possession in the closing stages of the match.
"We were quite pleased with how we set up in the game but we sort of fell asleep a little bit in the last 10 minutes of the first half and it took us a while to wake up," he said.
France squad:
Forwards: Thomas Domingo, Clement Baiocco, Nicolas Mas, Jean-Baptiste Poux, William Servat, Dimitri Szarzewski, Sebastien Chabal, Julien Pierre, Lionel Nallet, Julien Bonnaire, Thierry Dusautoir (captain), Imanol Harinordoquy, Alexandre Lapandry.
Backs: Morgan Parra, Dimitri Yachvili, Francois Trinh-Duc, Mathieu Bastareaud, Yannick Jauzion, David Marty, Alexis Palisson, Julien Malzieu, Marc Andreu, Clement Poitrenaud.