France have been forced to call up Florian Fritz as a replacement for Yannick Jauzion.
The latter was named on the bench for Les Bleus' second Test against New Zealand but suffered a neck injury and has been ruled out of the game.
Maxime Mermoz and Damien Traille start at 13 and 12 for Marc Lievremont respectively.
France XV v New Zealand: Maxime Medard; Vincent Clerc, Maxime Mermoz, Damien Traille, Cedric Heymans; Francois Trinh-Duc, Julien Dupuy; Fabien Barcella, William Servat, Nicolas Mas; Sebastien Chabal, Romain Millo-Chluski; Thierry Dusautoir (captain), Fulgence Ouedraogo, Louis Picamoles.
Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewski, Thomas Domingo, Remy Martin, Damien Chouly, Dimitri Yachvili, Florian Fritz, Mathieu Bastareaud.