Freddie fires up French
31 Jan 2006
Frederic Michalak will play for France against Scotland in this weekend’s opening round of the Six Nations.
Uncapped Bourgoin flyhalf Benjamin Boyer, who would have started had injured forced out number 10 shirt if Michalak had been ruled out, has been named among the substitutes.
Fabien Pelous, who missed the November internationals because of suspension, also starts as captain.
Christophe Dominici and full-back Nicolas Brusque, another two not to have played in the 26-20 win against the Springboks in Paris, also return.
French: N Brusque (Biarritz); C Dominici (Stade Francais), F Fritz (Toulouse), Y Jauzion (Toulouse), C Heymans (Toulouse); F Michalak (Toulouse), JB Elissalde (Toulouse); R Martin (Stade Francais), J Bonnaire (Bourgoin), Y Nyanga (Toulouse), F Pelous (Toulouse, capt), J Thion (Biarritz), S Marconnet (Stade Francais), D Szarzewski (Stade Francais) and P de Villiers (Stade Francais). Subs: S Bruno (Sale), O Milloud (Bourgoin), L Nallet (Castres), T Lievremont (Biarritz), D Yachvili (Biarritz), B Boyet (Bourgoin), L Valbon (Brive).
5 Comments
1 Feb 2006, 07:54 am
Sh*t thats a strong team! Scotland may find themselves chasing their tales in the last 20mins.
1 Feb 2006, 08:47 am
Yo Ig,
Please can you ensure that all articles have the name of the contributer listed so that we know who to kak out if they get it wrong?
Pretty please??????????
1 Feb 2006, 08:56 am
Hey Offside – i will add it in shortly !
1 Feb 2006, 09:00 am
Offside – should be there now !
1 Feb 2006, 10:14 am
very stron side, they shoudl walk the six nations this year.
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