After victories over Australia (26-16) and Canada (50-6), coach Bernard Laporte chose to replace Cedric Heymans and Pierre Mignoni with Sale star Chabal and Toulouse's Clerc for the match at the latters home stadium.

However, Laporte warned he could change more than a third of the side that thrashed Canada at the weekend.

We have made only two changes to the squad from our latest win but there should be around six or seven changes in the team that will start the match, he said.

The French coach will announce his starting line-up on Wednesday.

France squad: Raphael Ibanez (Wasps), Sebastien Bruno (Sale), Pieter De Villiers, Sylvain Marconnet (both Stade Francais), Olivier Milloud (Bourgoin), Lionel Nallet (Castres), Jerome Thion (Biarritz, c), Gregory Lamboley (Toulouse), Remy Martin (Stade Francais), Thomas Lievremont (Biarritz), Julien Bonnaire (Bourgoin), Yannick Nyanga (Toulouse), Sebastien Chabal (Sale); Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz), Frederic Michalak, Yannick Jauzion, Vincent Clerc (all Toulouse), Yann Delaigue (Castres), David Marty, Julien Laharrague (both Perpignan), Thomas Castaignede (Saracens), Aurelien Rougerie (Clermont).