France coach Marc Lievremont has made two changes ahead of their weekend Six Nations clash against Italy at Stade de France.
The showdown on Sunday will see winger Marc Andreu make his starting debut ahead of Julien Malzieu, while centre David Marty comes in for man mountain Mathieu Bastareaud.
Andreu played just three minutes from the bench in the recent win against Wales and Bastareaud, who has been nursing a calf problem, will not be risked ahead of the final game against England in France on March 20.
Biarritz's Imanol Harinordoquy has been passed fit after sustaining a back injury.
Boasting a 100 per cent record to date, the French will secure Grand Slam honours if they can see off Italy this weekend and Martin Johnson's under-performing England in Paris.
"There are only two changes in the back line, with David Marty and Marc Andreu, who has had an excellent season with Castres and played only three minutes in Cardiff," Lievremont said to reporters.
"We thought about rotating the forwards but we favoured a form of continuity."
France starting line-up: 15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Marc Andreu, 13 David Marty, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Alexis Palisson, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (capt), 5 Julien Pierre, 4 Lionel Nallet, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 18 Sebastien Chabal, 19 Alexandre Lapandry, 20 Dimitri Yachvili, 21 Mathieu Bastareaud, 22 Julien Malzieu.