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Can Anthony Floch fill Cedric Heymans flash full-back boots?

Jean Baptiste Elisalde returns to bolster France’s attacking arsenal as Marc Lievremont endeavours to rob Wales of the Grand Slam at the final hurdle.

David Skrela will partner Elisalde at fly-half but there is no place for Cedric Heymans - one of the stars of the tournament – who must settle for a place on the bench with Anthony Floch keeping the full-back spot.

It is a glowing recommendation for Montpellier youngster, Fulgence Ouedraogo, who staves off the more experienced challenge from Elvis Vermeulen with Julien Bonnaire packing down at No.8 alongside Thierry Dusautoir at openside.

France need to beat Wales by 20 points to retain the championship for a third successive year and Lievremont will need the lethal finishing of Six Nations top scorer, Vincent Clerc, at its brilliant best.

Auch prop, Fabien Barcella, is invited to provide the antidote for the front-row epidemic currently ravaging its way through France after he showed far more solidarity up front against a beastly Italian pack – more so than his peers have done so far anyway.

France: 15 Anthony Floch (Clermont Auvergne) 14 Vincent Clerc (Toulouse) 13 Yannick Jauzion (Toulouse) 12 Damien Traille (Biarritz) 11 Julien Malzieu (Clermont Auvergne) 10 David Skrela (Stade Francais) 9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde(Toulouse) 8 Julien Bonnaire (Clermont-Auvergne) 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier) 6 Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse) , 5 Jerome Thion (Biarritz), 4 Lionel Nallet (Castres, captain), 3 Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), 2 Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Francais), 1 Fabien Barcella (Auch)

Replacements: 16 William Servat (Toulouse), 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux (Albi), 18 Arnaud Mela (Clermont Auvergne), 19 Elvis Vermeulen (Clermont Auvergne),, 20 Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz), 21 Francis Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), 22 Cedric Hdeymans (Toulouse)

Date: Saturday, 15 March

Venue: Millennium Stadium

Kick-off: 17:00 GMT