Bastareaud fit for grand slam game against England

REUTERS - France coach Marc Lievremont on Tuesday recalled centre Mathieu Bastareaud ahead of David Marty for France's Six Nations grand slam game against England at the Stade de France on Saturday.

The return of the bulky 21-year-old centre, who has eight caps to his name, is the only change from the team that defeated Italy 46-20 last Sunday.

Bastareaud started France's first three victories against Scotland, Ireland and Wales but was rested on the bench for the Italy game because he had not fully recovered from an ankle injury suffered in a club game during the Six Nations break.

Marty, who is 27 and has 28 caps to his name, had seized the opportunity to show his quality by scoring two tries against the Azzurri.

Team: 15-Clement Poitrenaud, 14-Marc Andreu, 13-Mathieu Bastareaud, 12-Yannick Jauzion, 11-Alexis Palisson, 10-Francois Trinh-Duc, 9-Morgan Parra; 8-Imanol Harinordoquy, 7-Julien Bonnaire, 6-Thierry Dusautoir, 5-Julien Pierre, 4-Lionel Nallet, 3-Nicolas Mas, 2-William Servat, 1-Thomas Domingo

Replacements: 16-Dimitri Szarzewski, 17-Jean-Baptiste Poux, 18-Sebastien Chabal, 19-Alexandre Lapandry, 20-Dimitri Yachvili, 21-David Marty, 22-Julien Malzieu