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PARIS - France made 10 changes, one of them positional, to face Argentina in their rugby World Cup third-place playoff at the Parc des Princes on Saturday.
Coach Bernard Laporte kept just six of the players who started Sunday's 14-9 semifinal defeat by England and switched Damien Traille from fullback to centre.
Three players, lock Fabien Pelous, centre Yannick Jauzion and prop Olivier Milloud, were ruled out by injuries.
Lock Sebastien Chabal, whose citing for an alleged dangerous tackle on England lock Simon Shaw has been dismissed, is among the replacements.
France
Clement Poitrenaud; Aurelien Rougerie, David Skrela, Damien Traille, Christophe Dominici; Frederic Michalak, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde; Imanol Harinordoquy, Thierry Dusautoir, Yannick Nyanga; Jerome Thion, Lionel Nallet; Pieter De Villiers, Raphael Ibanez (captain), Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Reserves: Sebastien Bruno, Nicolas Mas, Sebastien Chabal, Remy Martin, Pierre Mignoni, Lionel Beauxis, Vincent Clerc.
- REUTERS
