SIX NATIONS: France coach Marc Lievremont has made four changes to the team that lost 30-21 to Ireland last weekend ahead of this Saturday's RBS 6 Nations match against Scotland in Paris but Scottish coach Frank Hadden has delayed naming his squad.
Julien Malzieu makes way for Cedric Heymans on the left wing in the only change in the backs.
Fabien Barcella, Nicolas Mas and Romain Millo-Chluski come in for Lionel Faure, Benoit Lecouls and Sebastien Chabal in the pack.
Toulouse prop Lecouls suffered a recurrence of a neck injury against Ireland at Croke Park and dropped out of the squad on Sunday.
His replacement, Dax's Renaud Boyoud, is named on the bench, with Sale prop Faure dropping out of the 22 altogether.
Centre Florian Fritz has been cited for allegedly eye-gauging an Ireland player, thought to be Stephen Ferris, and will appear before a Six Nations disciplinary committee in London tomorrow.
He nevertheless makes the starting line-up and is one of five Toulouse players in the back-line.
Chabal, whose work-rate was criticised in Les Bleus' defeat in Dublin, drops to the bench and will be used as an impact substitute for the secondrow.
Lionel Nallet is once again named captain, even though the Castres lock is struggling for form at the moment.
Lievremont gave Nallet the captain's armband when he took over as head coach after the 2007 World Cup and he has no intention of taking it off him.
"At no time have we envisaged changing our captain," Lievremont said. "He is our captain. In no way is it a handicap to start him. We are very happy with his performance (against Ireland)."
Lievremont was confident Fritz would escape sanction tomorrow.
"He is innocent, there is nothing significant there (on the video)," he added. "For the moment, he is playing. He goes to London tomorrow and we will see."
Injuries have forced Scotland to delay naming their team for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with France.
Hadden was scheduled to announce his 22 for the match this morning but will take another 24 hours before finalising his selection.
Scotland had concerns over 14 players yesterday, 12 of whom suffered knocks playing in Sunday's opener against Wales.
Of that dozen, the most doubtful were prop Geoff Cross and wing Simon Webster, both of whom were briefly knocked out making tackles during the 26-13 defeat at Murrayfield.
Both were forced to leave the field early in the game and they must pass cognitive tests before they can be allowed to play.
Cross, who made his debut on Sunday, also suffered strains to both knees.
There were also knocks for Chris Cusiter (knee), Mike Blair (dead leg), Scott Gray (neck), Jim Hamilton (eye), Allan Jacobsen (knee), Jason White (calf), John Barclay (neck), Graeme Morrison (knee), Phil Godman (knee bruising) and Ben Cairns (hip).
The two other injury worries are key forwards Euan Murray (rib) and Nathan Hines (knee), both of whom failed to recover in time to face Wales.
After Sunday's game, Hadden described both as extremely doubtful for this week's trip to Paris but Perpignan lock Hines was yesterday upbeat about his chances of being fit.
France have a strong home record against Scotland as they are undefeated in the fixture since 1999.
France team (v Scotland):Clement Poitrenaud; Maxime Medard, Florian Fritz, Yannick Jauzion, Cedric Heymans (all Toulouse); Lionel Beauxis (Stade Francais), Sebastien Tillous-Borde (Castres); Fabien Barcella (Biarritz), Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Francais), Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), Lionel Nallet (Castres), Romain Millo-Chluski (Toulouse), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier), Imanol Harinordoquy (Biarritz).
Replacements: Renaud Boyoud (Dax), Benjamin Kayser (Leicester), Sebastien Chabal (Sale), Louis Picamoles (Montpellier), Morgan Parra (Bourgoin), Benoit Baby, Julien Malzieu (both Clermont-Auvergne).
