France v Wales: Teams

France coach Marc Lievremont makes five changes to his line-up for this weekend's RBS Six Nations finale against Wales in the wake of their shock defeat to Italy.

Lievremont reacted to the 22-21 defeat in Rome last Saturday by axing Sebastien Chabal, Jerome Thion, Yannick Jauzion, Clement Poitrenaud, Aurelien Rougerie and Sylvain Marconnet from his squad.

David Marty, Thomas Domingo and Alexis Palisson come straight into the starting XV, while Imanol Harinordoquy and Damien Traille are promoted from the bench.

Marty and Traille will team up in the centres, while Palisson replaces the benched Yoann Huget on the wing.

Domingo returns to the front row after being rested against Italy, with Harinordoquy coming in for Chabal.

Pascal Pape, Alexandre Lapandry, Julien Tomas and Fabrice Estebanez are also included on the bench.

Meanwhile, Wales coach Warren Gatland has picked teenage winger George North to replace the injured Shane Williams.

The 18-year-old is one of two enforced changes made by Gatland ahead of a match in which Wales could yet find themselves chasing the title.

They would first need England to suffer a heavy defeat against Ireland in Dublin and then beat France by 20-plus points.

As well as Williams, who picked up a knee problem in the win over Ireland, prop Craig Mitchell is sidelined with a dislocated shoulder.

The Ospreys forward is replaced in the front row by his club colleague Adam Jones, who has played just 20 minutes of rugby since suffering an elbow injury in mid-January.

Gatland has otherwise retained the side that saw off the Irish 19-13 in Cardiff, with North being preferred to Morgan Stoddart on the left wing.

France: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 David Marty, 12 Damien Traille, 11 Alexis Palisson, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (capt), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Luc Ducalcon, 18 Pascal Papé, 19 Alexandre Lapandry, 20 Julien Tomas, 21 Fabien Estebanez, 22 Yoann Huget .

Wales: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Jamie Roberts, 12 Jonathan Davies, 11 George North, 10 James Hook, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Ryan Jones, 7 Sam Warburton, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Matthew Rees (capt), 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Richard Hibbard, 17 John Yapp, 18 Jonathan Thomas, 19 Rob McCusker, 20 Dwayne Peel, 21 Stephen Jones, 22 Morgan Stoddart.