Chabal to start

Since taking charge of the French team after the 2007 World Cup, Lievremont has only selected the Sale Sharks player at lock.

Lievremont also named Francois Trinh-Duc at flyhalf in one of the three other changes he made on Wednesday to the starting side that defeated Wales 21-16 on February 27 in Paris.

Trinh-Duc takes over from Benoit Baby, who is sidelined by an injury.

In the pack, lock Jerome Thion replaces Romain Millo-Chluski (Achilles' tendon) and losehead prop Lionel Faure comes in for Fabien Barcella.

Team: 15-Maxime Medard, 14-Julien Malzieu, 13-Mathieu Bastareaud, 12-Yannick Jauzion, 11-Cedric Heymans, 10-Francis Trinh-Duc, 9-Morgan Parra; 8-Imanol Harinordoquy, 7-Sebastien Chabal, 6-Thierry Dusautoir, 5-Jerome Thion, 4-Lionel Nallet (captain), 3-Sylvain Marconnet, 2-Dimitri Szarzewski, 1-Lionel Faure.

Replacements: 16-Benjamin Kayzer, 17-Thomas Domingo, 18-Louis Picamoles, 19-Julien Bonnaire, 20-Sebastien Tillous-Borde, 21-Florian Fritz, 22-Damien Traille