Chouly to miss Ireland game

Editor

France have been forced to make a change to their squad that is preparing to face Ireland as Damien Chouly was ruled out with an ankle injury.

Replacing the Clermont flanker is Stade Français forward Raphaël Lakafia as France look to make it two wins from three in the Six Nations.

It now seems highly likely that Charles Ollivon will start on the side of the scrum for les Bleus in the Aviva Stadium showdown on Saturday.

France squad: Uini Atonio, Cyril Baille, Eddy Ben Arous, Djibril Camara, Camille Chat, Gaël Fickou, Kevin Gourdon, Guilhem Guirado, Yoann Huget, Paul Jedrasiak, Raphaël Lakafia, Rémi Lamerat, Julien Le Devedec, Bernard Le Roux, Camille Lopez, Maxime Machenaud, Yoann Maestri, Noa Nakaitaci, Louis Picamoles, Baptiste Serin, Rabah Slimani, Scott Spedding, Sébastien Vahaamahina, Virimi Vakatawa