The 15-15 draw with Scotland last time out ended any hopes Martin Johnson's side had of claiming the Six Nations crown for the first time since the World Cup winning year of 2003.

And despite just having just one defeat to their name, England have been heavily criticised for their less-than exhilarating attacking displays.

Johnson has responded by shuffling his backline as Jonny Wilkinson is dropped for only the third time in his career so Toby Flood can pull the strings at fly-half.

Mike Tindall, who has just made a handful of appearances for Gloucester after 16 weeks out with a hamstring injury, adds some power in midfield while Northampton pair Ben Foden and Chris Ashton complete the back three alongside Mark Cueto.

England are still heavy underdogs to make it four straight Six Nations defeats of Les Bleus with France's backline having run in ten tries to England's two in the Championship so far.

But full-back Foden, who is making his first Six Nations start, has vowed to end England's kicking malaise by running the ball straight back at France.

He said: "One of the reasons I've been picked is because of my counter-attacking.

"It's one of my strengths and I'm not going to shy away from that. But I've got to use my head.

"It's a different thing to be starting, rather than coming on late in the game. I've got to read the situation and not do stupid things but this is something I've been looking forward to all my rugby career.

"It's good to hear that (France coach Marc) Lièvremont has noticed what I can do.

"That's a vote of confidence, shows that they're worried I might be a threat, that they've pinpointed me as some sort of danger man. Hopefully I won't disappoint them."

Johnson's problems extend to the backrow where they have won just five turnovers over the course of the championship compared to 33 in 2009.

James Haskell gives way for Lewis Moody to return to the side with Wasps' destructive flanker Joe Worsley moving to the No.6 shirt.

Simon Shaw also returns from injury to partner captain Steve Borthwick who is a late fitness doubt.

France on the other hand make just the one change, with Marc Lieveremont opting for the power of centre Mathieu Bastareaud over David Marty despite the Perpignan star grabbing a double in the 46-20 win over Italy.

Bastareaud's centre partner Yannick Jauzion knows full well though that England can never be taken lightly having twice experienced World Cup semi-final defeats to their bitterest rivals.

Last year's 34-10 defeat in Le Crunch also hurt but Jauzion says a first Grand Slam in six years, rather than worrying about exacting revenge, will be the order of the day.

"We won't be going into the match looking for revenge for last year," Jauzion said.

"The only motivation we have is to finish the job and win the Grand Slam. The pieces of our game are starting to come together. We have good momentum and there's good spirit in the camp.

"When we lost two years ago we were a long way from the finished article, but last year was different. We conceded early tries and never recovered. We didn't play well and England didn't need to be geniuses to beat us that day.

"It wasn't like when we lost to the All Blacks in Marseilles at the end of last year. We just had to admit after that match that we had lost to the better team. We didn't leave the field with any regrets.

"But there have been times when we've lost to England where the matches have been close and it certainly wasn't a case of them teaching us a rugby lesson. They were just doing the basics better than us."