Reigning Heineken Cup champions and Pool 6 leaders Toulouse provide seven of France's first fifteen for their international test against Australia this weekend.
Fabien Pelous who has 60 Heineken Cup caps captains « les Blues » on Saturday, with Florian Fritz, Yannick Jauzion, Cédric Heymans, Frédéric Michalak, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde and Yannick Nyanga making up the Toulouse representation.
The French side has players from six of the seven Heineken cup sides with Stade Francais Paris (3), Biarritz Olypique (2), Bourgoin (1) and Perpignan (1) and ASM Clermont Auvergne (1) all supplying players for the starting team. The seven Heineken Cup side Castres supplies two replacements
France:
15 Julien Laharrague (Perpignan)
14 Aurélian Rougerie (Clermont)
13 Florian Fritz (Toulouse)
12 Yannick Jauzion (Toulouse),
11 Cédric Heymans (Toulouse)
10 Frédéric Michalak (Toulouse)
9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse)
8 Rémy Martin (Stade Français)
7 Thomas Lièvremont (Biarritz)
6 Yannick Nyanga (Toulouse)
5 Jérôme Thion (Biarritz)
4 Fabien Pelous (Toulouse, captain)
3 Pieter de Villiers (Stade Français)
2 Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Francais),
1 Olivier Milloud (Bourgoin)
Replacements: 16 Sébastien Bruno (Sale/England), 17 Sylvain Marconnet (Stade Français), 18 Lionel Nallet (Castres), 19 Grégory Lamboley (Toulouse), 20 Sébastien Chabal (Sale/England), 21 Yann Delaigue (Castres), 22 Thomas Castaignède (Saracens/England).