Marcoussis, France - France will rely on an heavyweight backrow to try and contain world champions South Africa in their first test at Toulouse on Friday (9.45pm).
Regular number eight Imanol Harinordoquy has been switched to blindside flanker with Louis Picamoles packing into the back of the scrum and captain Thierry Dusautoir starting at blindside flanker.
Coach Marc Lievremont kept faith with the halves pairing of Julien Dupuy and Francois Trinh-Duc but re-jigged other parts of the backline.
Damien Traille was moved from centre to fullback to counter the aggressive field kicking of the Springboks.
Traille's move allowed for the selection of the youthful centre pairing of Maxime Mermoz, a 23 year old with four test caps, and 21-year-old Yann David, who will earn his second cap.
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Vincent Clerc and Cedric Heymans were named on he wings.
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France team: 15-Damien Traille, 14-Vincent Clerc, 13-Yann David, 12-Maxime Mermoz, 11-Cedric Heymans, 10-Francois Trinh-Duc, 9-Julien Dupuy, 8-Louis Picamoles, 7-Imanol Harinordoquy, 6-Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5-Romain Millo-Chluski, 4-Lionel Nallet, 3-Nicolas Mas, 2-William Servat, 1-Fabien Barcella
Replacements: 16-Dimitri Szarzewski, 17-Sylvain Marconnet, 18-Sebastien Chabal, 19-Julien Bonnaire, 20-Morgan Parra, 21-David Marty, 22-Maxime Medard. - Reuters
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