Solitary change for Les Bleus

Coach Guy Novès has made just one personnel change to France's starting lineup for their Six Nations match against Scotland on Saturday.

The one change comes in the back row, where flank Loann Goujon replaces Damien Chouly, who drops to the bench.

There are two new faces on the faces among the reserves with uncapped Toulouse hooker Christopher Tolofua replacing Clément Maynadier and lock Julian Le Devedec comes in for Arthur Iturria.

France – 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Noa Nakaitaci, 13 Rémi Lamerat, 12 Gaël Fickou, 11 Virimi Vakatawa, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Kévin Gourdon, 6 Loann Goujon, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Sébastien Vahaamahina, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Guilhem Guirado (c), 1 Cyril Baille.
Subs: 16 Christopher Tolofua, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Xavier Chiocci, 19 Julian Le Devedec, 20 Damien Chouly, 21 Maxime Machenaud, 22 Jean-Marc Doussain, 23 Yoann Huget.

Photo: Morgan Treacy/INPHO

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