France name bench for Sunday's final

Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 1:00 AM
AAP
by AAP

France head coach Marc Lièvremont on Friday announced his seven replacements for the Rugby World Cup 2011 Final against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland, on Sunday, 23 October at 21:00. He named the starting XV on Wednesday.

France

1. Jean-Baptiste Poux

2. William Servat

3. Nicolas Mas

4. Pascal Papé

5. Lionel Nallet

6. Thierry Dusautoir (c)

7. Julien Bonnaire

8. Imanol Harinordoquy

9. Dimitri Yachvili

10. Morgan Parra

11. Alexis Palisson

12. Maxime Mermoz

13. Aurélien Rougerie

14. Vincent Clerc

15. Maxime Médard

Replacements

16. Dimitri Szarzewski

17. Fabien Barcella

18. Julien Pierre

19. Fulgence Ouedraogo

20. Jean-Marc Doussain

21. François Trinh-Duc

22. Damien Traille

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