Michalak to face Wallabies

MARCOUSSIS, France - Dimitri Szarzewski, Frederic Michalak and Florian Fritz will all be available for France's rugby test against Australia on Sunday (NZ time), team manager Jo Maso said today.

Hooker Szarzewski's hearing for punching by an ERC (European Rugby Cup) commission scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed.

First five-eighth Frederic Michalak has recovered from gastroenteritis and centre Florian has overcome a groin injury.

"For the time being, all is well", Maso said.

Fritz will partner teammates Michalak and Yannick Jauzion in a backline that also includes Toulouse's Cedric Heymans and Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, with Perpignan's Julien Laharrague and Clermont's Aurelien Rougerie completing the line up.

Laporte is relying on Szarzewski to bring speed and power to the front five but the Stade Francais hooker, 22, was cited for punching England flanker Lewis Moody during last weekend's Heineken Cup match against and Leicester.

"I was due to appear on Thursday but I have been told it will postponed to next week so it makes no difference for the match," Szarzewski said.

Punching can carry a suspension of six weeks to a year.

- REUTERS