SIX NATIONS: France lock Romain Millo-Chluski has been ruled out of Sunday's Six Nations game against England at Twickenham because of injury and will be replaced by number eight Louis Picamoles.
"Millo-Chluski suffered a recurrence of an Achilles tendon injury against Perpignan on Friday evening," said Lionel Rossigneux today. "He has been ruled out after medical tests and will be replaced by Louis Picamoles."
The withdrawal of Millo-Chluski and the recall of Picamoles leaves the French squad with only two locks, Lionel Nallet and Jerome Thion.
Sebastien Chabal, included as part of the backrow for the first time in four games, could switch back to the secondrow.
Coach Marc Lievremont is due to announce his starting line-up on Wednesday.
French Squad:
Forwards: Lionel Faure (Sale/ENG), Fabien Barcella (Biarritz), Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Français), Benjamin Kayser (Leicester), Thomas Domingo (Clermont), Sylvain Marconnet (Stade Français), Jerome Thion (Biarritz), Lionel Nallet (Castres, captain), Louis Picamoles (Montpellier), Imanol Harinordoquy (Biarritz), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Julien Bonnaire (Clermont), Sebastien Chabal (Sale)
Backs: Morgan Parra (Bourgoin), Sebastien Tillous-Borde (Castres), Francois Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Yannick Jauzion (Toulouse), Florian Fritz (Toulouse), Mathieu Bastareaud (Stade Français), Cedric Heymans (Toulouse), Maxime Médard (Toulouse), Damien Traille (Biarritz), Julien Malzieu (Clermont)
