Guy Novès has made six changes for France’s visit to play Scotland at Murrayfield from the team beaten by Wales in Cardiff two weeks ago, with Wesley Fofana and Scott Spedding poised to make their first starts of the 2016 Six Nations after recovering from injury.
The Toulouse and Montpellier centres Gaël Fickou and François Trinh-Duc, the flanker Yacouba Camara and the lock Yoann Maestri all return to the side as France look to add to their opening two wins against Italy and Ireland.
France team to play Scotland, Murrayfield, Edinburgh, 3pm Sunday 13 Mar
Scott Spedding (Clermont); Wesley Fofana (Clermont), Gaël Fickou (Toulouse), Maxime Mermoz (Toulon), Virimi Vakatawa (FFR), François Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Maxime Machenaud (Racing 92); Yacouba Camara (Toulouse), Damien Chouly (Clermont), Wenceslas Lauret (Racing 92), Yoann Maestri (Toulouse), Alexandre Flanquart (French Stage), Rabah Slimani (Stade Français), Guilhem Guirado (Toulon), Jefferson Poirot (Bordeaux-Bègles).
Replacements Camille Chat (Racing 92), Uini Atonio (La Rochelle), Vincent Pelo (La Rochelle), Sébastien Vahaamahina (Clermont), Loann Goujon (Bordeaux-Bègles), Sébastien Bézy (Toulouse) Jules Plisson (Stade Français), Maxime Médard (Toulouse).
