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Rugby - Bastareaud named France captain as Guirado pulls out of Wales game

Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - France vs England - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - March 10, 2018 France’s Mathieu Bastareaud REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

PARIS (Reuters) - Mathieu Bastareaud was named France captain for their final Six Nations game against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday after Guilhem Guirado pulled out injured.

Hooker Guirado suffered a knee injury during France’s 22-16 victory over England last Saturday.

Team: 15-Benjamin Fall, 14-Gael Fickou, 13-Mathieu Bastareaud (captain), 12-Geoffrey Doumayrou, 11-Remy Grosso, 10-Francois Trinh-Duc, 9-Maxime Machenaud, 8-Marco Tauleigne, 7-Yacouba Camara, 6-Wenceslas Lauret, 5-Sebastien Vahaamahina, 4-Paul Gabrillagues, 3-Cedate Gomes Sa, 2-Adrien Pelissie, 1-Jefferson Poirot.

Replacements: 16-Camille Chat, 17-Dany Priso, 18-Rabah Slimani, 19-Bernard Le Roux, 20-Mathieu Babillot, 21-Baptiste Couilloud, 22-Lionel Beauxis, 23-Geoffrey Palis.

(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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