Rugby-France forced into change on bench

reuters.com     04-Jul-2008            

BRISBANE, Australia, July 4 (Reuters) - France have been forced to make a change to their bench for the second test against Australia in Brisbane on Saturday. Lock David Couzinet suffered a calf injury during training and has been replaced on the bench by prop Benjamin Boyet. France lost the first test against the Wallabies 34-13 in Sydney last Saturday. France - 15-Benjamin Thiery, 14-Alexis Palisson, 13-Maxim Mermoz, 12-Thibault Lacroix, 11-David Janin, 10-Francois Trinh-Duc, 9-Sebastian Tillous-Borde, 8-Fulgence Ouedraogo, 7-Imanol Harinordoquy, 6-Matthieu Lievremont, 5-Lionel Nallet (captain), 4-Sebastien Chabal, 3-Renaud Boyoud, 2-Sebastien Bruno, 1-Pierre Correia. Replacements: 16-Benjamin Kayser, 17-Benoit Lecouls, 18-Benjamin Boyet, 19-Louis Picamoles, 20-Yannick Caballero, 21-Dimitri Yachvili, 22-Jean-Baptiste... [read full story]                    

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