Duo set for France debuts

Brice Dulin and Yvan Watremez will make their international debuts when France take on Argentina in Cordoba on Saturday.

Dulin and Watremez set to face the Pumas

Brice Dulin and Yvan Watremez will make their international debuts when France take on Argentina in Cordoba on Saturday. Castres-bound Dulin has been handed the No.15 shirt, while Biarritz prop Yvan Watremez comes into the front row. Yoann Huget and Fulgence Ouedraogo also come into the France line-up, while coach Philippe Saint-Andre has also named three more uncapped players on the bench. Toulouse's teenage hooker Christopher Tolofua, Perpignan lock Romain Taofifenua and Agen scrum-half Maxime Machenaud will all make their debuts if used. With Thierry Dusautoir rested Pascal Pape will skipper Les Bleus. France: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Jean Marcellin Buttin, 13 Wesley Fofana, 12 Florian Fritz, 11 Yoann Huget , 10 Francois Trinh Duc, 9 Morgan Parra , 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Yoan Maestri, 4 Pascal Pape (c), 3 David Attoub, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Yvan Watremez.
Replacements: 16 Christopher Tolofua, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Romain Taofifenua, 19 Alexandre Lapandry, 20 Maxime Machenaud, 21 Frederic Michalak, 22 Maxime Mermoz.