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Vahaamahina back for France against Wales

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Thursday 16 Mar 2017

Vahaamahina missed Les Bleus' previous outing, a 40-18 victory over Italy in Rome last weekend, with a back injury.

His return sees Julien Le Devedec drop to the bench in place of Paul Jedrasiak, with loose forward Damien Chouly and hooker Camille Chat also handed spots among the replacements at the expense of South African-born Bernard Le Roux and the injured Christopher Tolofua respectively.

France: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Noa Nakaitaci, 13 Remi Lamerat, 12 Gael Fickou, 11 Virimi Vakatawa, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Kevin Gourdon, 6 Fabien Sanconnie, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado (captain), 1 Cyril Baille.

Replacements: 16 Christopher Tolofua, 17 Uini Atonio, 18 Eddy Ben Arous, 19 Julien Le Devedec, 20 Damien Chouly, 21 Antoine Dupont, 22 Francois Trinh-Duc, 23 Yoann Huget.

Date: Saturday, March 18

Venue: Stade de France, Paris

Kick-off: 15.45 (14.45 GMT)

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Assistant referees: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand), Matthew Carley (England)

TMO: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)

Agence France-Presse

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