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| 26 February 2002, 11:02 am |
| Wally And Ben In For Le Crunch And Henry Paul On The Bench |
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England manager Clive Woodward has named former New Zealand league star Henry Paul on the bench for England's crunch Six Nations game against France on Saturday, but has left his starting XV, which includes Steve Thompson and Ben Cohen, unchanged.
England
15 Jason Robinson (Sale Sharks)
14 Austin Healey (Leicester Tigers)
13 Will Greenwood (NEC Harlequins)
12 Mike Tindall (Bath)
11 Ben Cohen (Northampton Saints)
10 Jonny Wilkinson (Newcastle Falcons)
9 Kyran Bracken (Saracens)
8 Joe Worsley (London Wasps)
7 Neil Back (Leicester Tigers)
6 Richard Hill (Saracens)
5 Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers)
4 Martin Johnson (CAPTAIN - Leicester Tigers)
3 Phil Vickery (Gloucester)
2 Steve Thompson (Northampton Saints)
1 Graham Rowntree (Leicester Tigers)
Replacements: 16 Dorian West (Leicester), 17 Jason Leonard (NEC Harlequins), 18 Danny Grewcock (Bath), 19 Martin Corry (Leicester Tigers), 20 Dan Luger (NEC Harlequins), 21 Nick Duncombe (NEC Harlequins), 22 Henry Paul (Gloucester).
Meanwhile France's coach Bernard Laporte hsd named Fabien Galthié as captain, one of four changes from the side that narrowly beat Wales in Cardiff.
Also returning is flanker Olivier Magne, winning his 50th Test cap for France, after his ban for stamping in the Six Nations opener with Imanaol Harinordoquy shifting to No 8 in place of Steven Hall. David Auradou has come in for the injured Thibault Privat while David Bory replaces Xavier Garbajosa on the right wing.
Northampton lock Olivier Brouzet is included in the starting line-up despite his yellow card at the weekend for punching while the uncapped flanker Remy Martin has a place on the bench despite his yellow card for a late challenge in Stade Francais' game against Dax on Saturday.
France
15 Nicolas Brusque (Biarritz)
14 Aurélien Rougerie (Montferrand)
13 Damien Traille (Pau)
12 Tony Marsh (Montferrand)
11 David Bory (Montferrand)
10 Gérald Merceron (Montferrand)
9 Fabien Galthié (Stade Français)
8 Imanaol Harinordoquy (Pau)
7 Olivier Magne (Montferrand)
6 Serge Betsen (Biarritz)
5 David Auradou (Stade Français)
4 Olivier Brouzet (Northampton)
3 Jean-Jacques Crenca (Agen)
2 Raphaël Ibañez (Castres)
1 Pieter de Villiers (Stade Français).
Replacements: 16 Olivier Milloud (Bourgoin), 17 Olivier Azam (Gloucester), 18 Fabien Pelous (Stade Toulouse), 19 Rémy Martin (Stade Français), 20 Pierre Mignoni (Béziers), 21 François Gelez (Agen), 22 Jimmy Marlu (Montferrand).
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: March 2, 2pm GMT
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