Harinordoquy leads France

Harinodoquy, who was his usual influential self in Biarritz's Pool 4 victories over Bath and Ulster, has been named as captain by France coach, Marc Lievremont, in place of regular skipper Thierry Dusautoir who has not been included in an experimental match day squad.

Harinordoquy is the only remaining member of the pack which started the final game of last season's Six Nations, while with Francois Trinh-Duc and Jonathan Wisniewski ruled out by injury, Lievremont has gone for Damien Traille at number 10 to direct an inexperienced back line.

Centre Fabrice Estebanez of Brive and Perpignan's Jerome Schuster will make their debuts against the Fijians in Nantes, and Jerome Porical, Julien Arias and Castres prop, Luc Ducalcon, will move off the one-cap mark.

Meanwhile, Harinordoquy's Biarritz clubmate, Dimitri Yachvili, is preferred to Morgan Parra, who started in every game in France's Grand Slam campaign last season.

France: J Porical; J Arias, D Marty, F Estebanez, M Medard; D Traille, D Yachvili; J Schuster, G Guirado, L Ducalcon, R Milo-Chluski, J Thion, F Ouedraogo, A Lapandry, I Harinordoquy (capt.). Replacements: B Noirot, T Domingo, J Pierre, S Chabal, M Parra, D Skrela, A Palisson.