France coach Bernard Laporte has made 12 changes to the starting XV ahead of Sunday’s game against Namibia. Only three players remain from the side beaten 17-12 by Argentina in the opening fixture – Pieter de Villiers, Damien Traille and Cedric Heymans.

Captain Raphael Ibanez drops to the bench and is replaced by new skipper Jean-Baptiste Elissalde for the game.

Frederic Michalak, Julien Bonnaire, Yannick Nyanga and Sebastien Chabal all come into the starting line-up.

Michalak replaces the injured flyhalf David Skrela (Achilles tendon).

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France team to play Namibia in Toulouse on Sunday: C Poitrenaud; V Clerc, D Marty, D Traille, C Heymans; F Michalak, J-B Elissalde; J-B Poux, D Szarzewski, P De Villiers, S Chabal, L Nallet, Y Nyanga, T Dusautoir, J Bonnaire.
Replacements: R Ibanez, N Mas, F Pelous, I Harinordoquy, L Beauxis, Y Jauzion, A Rougerie.

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