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Wednesday, 15 November 2006 |
France rugby coach Bernard Laporte makes changes
France rugby coach Bernard Laporte has made seven changes to the side that suffered a disappointing 47-3 defeat to the All Blacks last Saturday in Lyon and now France play their second of two autumn Tests against New Zealand at the Stade de France on Saturday.
Veteran hooker Raphael Ibanez replaces the injured Fabien Pelous as captain, and will pick up his 82nd cap.
Raphael Ibanez said: "The mental aspect will be primordial - we will have to go out there wanting to eat our opponents."
Raphael Ibanez's selection means that Dimitri Szarzewski drops down to the replacement players and Bernard Laporte and his team of managers have replaced prop Sylvain Marconnet with Bourgoin's Olivier Milloud.
Stade Francais third rower Remy Martin will pick up his 15th cap when he plays instead of Thierry Dusautoir, who has been dropped completely.
Toulouse's Jean-Baptiste Elissalde will be playing instead of Dimitri Yachvili at fly half and teammate Cedric Heymans will pick up his 25th cap on the wing.
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