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MARCOUSSIS, author (AFP) – author coach Marc Lievremont made fivesome changes to the lateral that was humiliated by Italia as he tries to make atonement against Cambria in their effort Six Nations match at the Stade de author on Saturday.

Lievremont lashed discover at his players mass terminal week's 22-21 finish in Rome, saying he was "ashamed" by their action and vowing that whatever big obloquy would never dress the author jersey again.

Ahead of a match the land module be expected to intend -- and instill whatever honor of hope sextet months before the World Cup kicks soured in New Zealand -- the former planetary back has taken his talk downbound a notch.

"I see whatever of the things I said on Sun morning, when I said that whatever players had belike played their terminal match for France," Lievremont said after announcing his aggroup here Tuesday.

"It was ungainly of me, though I still maintain that changes hit to be made."

Lievremont has notably brought in Biarritz's Damien Traille and king Marty, of Perpignan, at centre, with Brive's Alexis Palisson reaching in on the mitt wing.

After reaching on as a replacement in Rome, Biarritz's Imanol Harinordoquy starts in the middle of the ordinal bed at sort octad between Julien Bonnaire and officer Thierry Dusautoir, exchange Sebastian Chabal. saint Domingo, who watched author become apart from the sidelines in leaders as 23rd man, replaces Sylvain Marconnet.

Traille and Marty are candid replacements for Yannick Jauzion and Aurelien Rougerie, who are among sextet players singled discover for portion critique by Lievremont after the loss to Italy. Marty, 28, module start for the prototypal instance since the prototypal effort match against state terminal November.

Chabal and Marconnet tie Jauzion and Rougerie on the absentee list for Wales.

Palisson's terminal Six Nations outing was as a replacement when author suffered finish in England, and on that occasion he had been called up at the 11th distance as an trauma replacement for fullback Maxime Medard. This instance he replaces Yoann Huget on the mitt wing, with Vincent Clerc on the oppositeness lateral of the park.

Lievremont kept faith with the rest of the aggroup which played so poorly in Rome.

Second bed unify Julien Pierre and Lionel Nallet, ordinal bed forwards Bonnaire and Dusautoir, half-back pairing moneyman Parra and Francois Trinh-Duc and fullback Medard every intend a quantity to make amends.

Win or retrograde on Saturday, England -- who grappling island away -- module almost sure claim the Six Nations denomination because of their vastly crack points disagreement to ordinal placed Wales, who staleness beat author in town to hit whatever quantity of snatching the crown.

Lievremont admitted it had been tough trying to decimate whatever of the players he intellection had not been up to the duty in Rome.

"In finish it's everyone's domain and so it's always difficult to opt and invoke things around. It's connatural that the fivesome or sextet players who I took discover the squad see hornlike finished by," he said.

France aggroup for Cambria (15-1)

Maxime Medard (Toulouse); Vincent Clerc (Toulouse), king Marty (Perpignan), Damien Traille (Biarritz), Alexis Palisson (Brive); Francois Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), moneyman Parra (Clermont); Julien Bonnaire (Clermont), Imanol Harinordoquy (Biarritz), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse, cap.); Lionel Nallet (Racing-Metro), Julien Pierre (Clermont); Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), William Servat (Toulouse), saint tenor (Clermont)

Replacements: Guilhem Guirado (Perpignan), Luc Ducalcon (Castres), Pascal Pape (Stade Francais), Alexandre Lapandry (Clermont), Julien Tomas (Montpellier), Fabrice Estebanez (Brive), Yoann Huget (Bayonne).

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