Francois Trinh-Duc avoids the axe...Despite saying he wouldn't, Marc Lievremont just couldn't resist making sweeping changes to his starting lineup for the second Test against Australia in Brisbane,
Of the 11 changes, seven are new starters and three are positional with Francois Trinh-Duc taking the reigns at fly-half, Benjamin Thiery moving to full-back and Imonal Harinordoquy shifting to number eight.
Maxime Mermox and Thibault Lacroix form a new centre pairing while Marc's brother Matthieu Lievremont starts at six in place of Louis Picamoles.
France: 15 Benjamin Thiery, 14 Alexis Palisson, 13 Maxim Mermoz, 12 Thibault Lacroix, 11 David Janin, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Sebastian Tillous-Borde, 8 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Matthieu Lievremont, 5 Lionel Nallet (captain), 4 Sebastien Chabal, 3 Renaud Boyoud, 2 Sebastien Bruno, 1 Pierre Correia.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Benoit Lecouls, 18 David Couzinet, 19 Louis Picamoles, 20 Yannick Caballero, 21 Dimitri Yachvili, 22 Jean-Baptiste Peyras.