France make two changes for Fiji

France head coach Jacques Brunel has made just two alterations to his starting line-up to face Fiji at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday.

Brunel has kept faith with most of his squad which claimed a 28-13 victory over Argentina in Lille last weekend.

In the backline, Benjamin Fall comes in at full-back for Maxime Medard while, in the forwards, Rabah Slimani takes over from Cedate Gomes Sa as the starting tighthead prop.

Meanwhile, Brunel has also made some changes to his replacements bench. Julien Marchand of Toulouse and Demba Bamba of Brive are set to make their Test debuts after being named as the replacement hooker and tighthead prop respectively.

Felix Lambey and Kélian Galletier have also come into the matchday squad as lock and back-row cover while Geoffrey Doumayrou takes over from Fall as one of the replacement backs.

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France: 15 Benjamin Fall, 14 Teddy Thomas, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Gael Fickou, 11 Yoann Huget, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Artur Iturria, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Yoan Maestri, 4 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado (c), 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Dany Priso, 18 Demba Bamba, 19 Felix Lambey, 20 Kélian Galletier, 21 Antoine Dupont, 22 Anthony Belleau, 23 Geoffrey Doumayrou

Date: Saturday, November 24
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 21:05 local (20:05 GMT)
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant referees: Tom Foley (England), Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)