France blood three new caps
2005-06-14 18:41
Durban - France coach Bernard Laporte named three new caps for the first Test against South Africa in Durban.
Lock Romain Millo-Chluski and his Toulouse team-mate centre Florian Fritz along with Narbonne winger Julien Candelon will win their first caps against last year's Tri-Nations champions on Saturday.
Fritz will form an all Toulouse centre paring with Yannick Jauzion while another of their club-mates Jean-Baptiste Ellisalde will captain the side at scrumhalf.
The squad skipper Dimitri Yachvili is being rested after a bruising encounter between his side Biarritz and Stade Francais in last Saturday's French championship final.
The match also sees a return to the international fold of veteran flanker Olivier Magne, who played the last of his 80 tests in the humiliating 45-6 defeat by New Zealand in Paris last November.
The London Irish bound star was ruled out of the Six Nations because of a foot injury.
Team:
Julien Laharrague (Brive); Julien Candelon (Narbonne), Florian Fritz (Toulouse), Yannick Jauzion (Toulouse), Cedric Heymans (Toulouse); Frederic Michalak (Toulouse), Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse/capt); Julien Bonnaire (Bourgoin), Olivier Magne (Clermont), Yannick Nyanga (Beziers); Pascal Pape (Bourgoin), Romain Millo-Chluski (Toulouse); Olivier Milloud (Bourgoin) Sebastien Bruno (Sale/ENG), Sylvain Marconnet (Stade Francais)
Replacements: William Servat (Toulouse), Pieter de Villiers (Stade Francais), Gregory Lamboley (Toulouse), Remy Martin (Stade Francais), Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz), Benoit Baby (Toulouse), Nicolas Brusque (Biarritz).
- AFP