Trinh-Duc to start for France XV

Editor

Toulon fly-half François Trinh-Duc has been included in the France XV's starting line-up for Tuesday's clash with New Zealand in Lyon.

Trinh-Duc came off the replacements bench during the last five minutes of France's 38-18 defeat to the All Blacks in Paris on Saturday.

The 31-year-old is the only player who represented les Bleus in that Test who will be in action against the world champions again on Tuesday and he has been preferred to Jules Plisson, who has been named amongst the replacements.

Trinh-Duc will form a half-back partnership with Bordeaux Bègles' Yann Lesgourgues while Clermont's Scott Spedding has been named at full-back. 

There's a strong look to the team with French internationals Romain Taofifenua and Yoann Maestri lining up in the second row while the experienced Wenceslas Lauret starts on the flank.

France XV: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Gabriel Lacroix, 13 Henry Chavancy, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Hugo Bonneval, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Yann Lesgourgues, 8 Marco Tauleigne, 7 Sekou Macalou, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Romain Taofifenua, 4 Yoann Maestri, 3 Malik Hamadache, 2 Camille Chat, 1 Dany Priso 
Replacements: 16 Christopher Tolofua, 17 Mohamed Boughanmi, 18 Lucas Pointud, 19 Julien Le Devedec, 20 Fabien Sanconnie, 21 Maxime Machenaud, 22 Jules Plisson, 23 Vincent Rattez

Date: Tuesday, November 14
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
Kick-off: 19:30 local (18:30 GMT)