FRANCE COACH PHILIPPE SAINT-ANDRE has made just one enforced change to his starting line-up for Saturday’s Six Nations meeting with Ireland at the Aviva Stadium.

Loosehead Eddy Ben Arous comes into the starting line-up in place of the injured Alexandre Menini.

The knock-on effect of losing the Toulon prop sees Vincent Debaty win a place on the bench.

With minimal disruption to the starting line-up, Saint-Andre has again trusted in the half-back pairing of Rory Kockott and Camille Lopez to steer an unchanged backline.

Thierry Dusatoir captains Les Bleus from blindside with Bernard Le Roux and Damien Chouly continuing at number seven and eight respectively.

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France (v Ireland, February 14):

15. Scott Spedding
14. Yoann Huget
13. Mathieu Bastareaud
12. Wesley Fofana
11. Teddy Thomas
10. Camille Lopez
9. Rory Kockott

1. Eddy Ben Arous
2. Guilhem Guirado
3. Rabah Slimani
4. Pascal Papé
5. Yoann Maestri
6. Thierry Dusautoir (captain)
7. Bernard Le Roux
8. Damien Chouly

Replacements:

16. Benjamin Kayser
17. Uini Atonio
18. Vincent Debaty
19. Romain Taofifenua
20. Loann Goujon
21. Morgan Parra
22. Rémi Tales
23. Rémi Lamerat

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