Halfback Morgan Parra returns to the French team for the first test against the All Blacks tomorrow.
Parra last played for France in the 2015 World Cup.
The side, named today, contains only four players from the starting team in France's last Six Nations match, the loss to Wales in Cardiff in March.
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Coach Jacques Brunel has also chosen Toulouse back Max Medard, who has not worn the blue jersey since the 2016 tour of Argentina, lock Yoann Maestri and New Zealand-born prop Uini Atonio, missing in the Tricolores for a year.
