France centre Mathieu Bastareaud was the only change to the starting line-up for this Saturday's Six Nations clash with England at the Stade de France from the one that beat Italy 46-10 last weekend when the team was announced on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old Stade Francais star replaces David Marty - despite the Perpignan centre scoring two tries in the victory over the Italians -alongside Yannick Jauzion in midfield as the French search for their first Grand Slam since 2004.
Bastareaud - outstanding in France's first three victories in the tournament over Scotland, Ireland and Wales - missed out on a starting place against the Italians because of a calf niggle he had felt earlier last week, though, he came on in the second-half as a replacement.
Team (15-1)
Clement Poitrenaud; Marc Andreu, Mathieu Bastareaud, Yannick Jauzion, Alexis Palisson; Francois Trinh-Duc, Morgan Parra; Imanol Harinordoquy, Julien Bonnaire, Thierry Dusautoir (capt); Julien Pierre, Lionel Nallet; Nicolas Mas, William Servat, Thomas Domingo
Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewski, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Sebastien Chabal, Alexandre Lapandry, Dimitri Yachvili, David Marty, Julien Malzieu
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