France's Camille Lopez out of Six Nations finale with England
Wednesday 18 March 2015 23:18, UK
France fly-half Camille Lopez has been ruled out of the Six Nations finale against England at Twickenham on Saturday.
Clermont Auvergne No 10 Lopez is sidelined with a knee injury suffered in France's 29-0 victory in Italy on Sunday, and is expected to be absent for up to six weeks.
Racing Metro scrum-half Maxime Machenaud has replaced Lopez in the France squad for the match at Twickenham.
Machenaud, who has 18 caps, is not guaranteed a place in coach Philippe Saint-Andre's team to face England, with Jules Plisson likely to be given a starting role after coming on to replace the injured Lopez in Rome.
After consecutive defeats to Wales and Ireland, and victory over Italy, France have a mathematical chance of winning the championship with a big victory over England while Wales and Ireland both lose in Saturday's earlier matches.
