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France will be without injured half-back Frederic Michalak as they aim to keep their RBS Six Nations Grand Slam bid on track against Italy next Sunday. Michalak was carried off with a left knee injury after two minutes of his club Toulouse's 29-0 win over Stade Francais in Paris on Saturday. He will be replaced in the squad by Biarritz scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili. Number eight Imanol Harinorduquy is set to be available despite withdrawing from a club game with a back problem. Harinordoquy, a key player in France's three victories so far, was due to play for Biarritz against Toulon on Saturday but jammed his back in the warm-up. Yachvili, who has 40 caps, made his return from two months out with a knee injury in the game, scoring a try, two conversions and two penalties in his side's 21-20 defeat.
Michalak has come on as replacement in all three France matches in this year's campaign so far, kicking a drop-goal in the 33-10 win over Ireland and a decisive late penalty in their 26-20 win over Wales in Cardiff. "I felt a crack on the outside of the knee when I tried to tackle a Stade player," said Michalak, who is also set to miss the championship finale against England. Toulouse's France contingent were all involved in their crushing 29-0 Top 14 win over Stade in front of 78,000 fans at the Stade de France. As well as Michalak, Clement Poitrenaud, Yannick Jauzion, William Servat and Jean-Baptiste Poux all started the game before coming off in the final quarter, while Thierry Dusautoir appeared as a replacement for most of the second half. Stade - missing the absent England flanker James Haskell - included centre Mathieu Bastareaud and hooker Dimitri Szarzewski while Italian brothers Mauro and Mirco Bergamasco both came off the bench in the second half. France, who also host England in the final match of the Six Nations on 20 March, are seeking their first championship clean sweep since 2004, and their fifth title of the Six Nations era. | |||
Sunday, March 7, 2010
France replace injured Frederic Michalak with Yachvili
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