Flanker Alexandre Lapandry, prop Jerome Schuster, full-back Alexis Palisson, Fabrice Estebanez, centre David Marty and lock Pascal Pape all come into the squad to face Wales.

And Lievremont pulled no punches in criticising his team who became the first French side to lose to the Azzurri in the Six Nations.

“This match was an hallucination,” said Lievremont. “I do not want to clear myself from the blame but they invented things on the pitch.

"Do you really think that I told them to play as they did against Italy? I was ashamed.

"I do not have the impression we asked them to walk on the moon. I do not ask for complicated things.

"Do I feel responsible for that? No, they betrayed us, they have betrayed me and they have betrayed the French national team shirt.

"In terms of the tactics deployed, it defied belief. I did not recognise anything in their performance that we had worked on.

“They are lacking in courage. They are good guys but cursed with what is obviously cowardice.

"They are not even capable of admitting to their own mistakes. Perhaps it is a trend among the new generation.”