Scotland v France: Teams

Scotland captain Jason White has admitted it is a "dangerous time to play France" ahead of the RBS Six Nations encounter at Murrayfield.

After a disappointing World Cup, which saw the hosts lose twice to Argentina and to England in the semi-finals, France kick-off the championship with a new-look coaching team and squad.

Marc Lievremont has taken over the reigns from Bernard Laporte - and has promised to revive the country's fortunes.

And with so many unknowns about their line-up and style, White knows France will pose a number of threats.

He told the Scottish Rugby Union website: "It's certainly a dangerous time to play France, you're never really sure when playing them.

"Sometimes then can turn it on and play great rugby.

"The French selection is a bold and courageous one, but they are 22 very good players and we won't be taking it lightly that they haven't got a lot of game-time together."

Authority

Lievremont has already stamped his authority on the French by handing a debut to Montpellier's exciting young fly-half Francois Trinh-Duc.

Trinh-Duc was not even a regular at his club last season, however he has been propelled into the national squad as one of six uncapped players.

And with a new-look to his side, and only a limited about of preparation time, Lievremont has had the job of gelling everyone together ahead of the trip to Murrayfield.

"We've concentrated on the coherence of the team as a whole, rather than the individual ability of each player in their position," he said.

"We had six new players in the squad but we could not take the risk of starting them all in Scotland."

Scotland: 15 Rory Lamont, 14 Nikki Walker, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 Andrew Henderson, 11 Simon Webster, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Mike Blair, 8 Dave Callam, 7 John Barclay, 6 Jason White (c), 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Nathan Hines, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Fergus Thomson, 17 Gavin Kerr, 18 Scott MacLeod, 19 Kelly Brown, 20 Chris Cusiter, 21 Chris Paterson, 22 Hugo Southwell.

France: 15 Cédric Heymans, 14 Julien Malzieu, 13 David Marty, 12 Damien Traille, 11 Vincent Clerc, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 8 Elvis Vermeulen, 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 5 Loïc Jacquet, 4 Lionel Nallet (c), 3 Julien Brugnaut, 2 William Servat, 1 Lionel Faure.
Replacements: 16 Nicolas Mas, 17 Dimitri Szarzewski, 18 Arnaud Mela, 19 Julien Bonnaire, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 David Skrela, 22 Aurélien Rougerie.