Romain Ntamack at fly-half for France

France head coach Jacques Brunel has made several changes to his team that will face Scotland in Paris, including a brand new half-back pairing.

Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack come in for Morgan Parra and Camille Lopez respectively, with the duo dropping out of the squad altogether.

Elsewhere there’s a start at full-back for Thomas Ramos as Yoann Huget moves out to the left wing while Gaël Fickou is shifted in to inside centre.

Up front the tight five is retained but there’s a start for flanker Wenceslas Lauret as France look to bounce back from that heavy Twickenham loss.

France face a Scotland side also reeling after defeat as Gregor Townsend’s men fell to Ireland at Murrayfield in their most recent Six Nations clash.

France: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Gaël Fickou, 11 Yoann Huget, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Arthur Iturria, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Félix Lambey, 4 Sébastien Vahaamahina, 3 Demba Bamba, 2 Guilhem Guirado (c), 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Etienne Falgoux, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Paul Willemse, 20 Gregory Alldritt, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Anthony Belleau, 23 Maxime Medard

Date: Saturday, February 23
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 15:15 local (14:15 GMT)
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Andrew Brace (Ireland)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)

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