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Guirado back as France change four

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Guilhem Guirado returns to the France team as one of four changes for the second World Cup warm-up clash with Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Guilhem Guirado returns to the France team as one of four changes for the second World Cup warm-up clash with Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Les Bleus got the better of the Scots 32-3 in Nice in their opening warm-up encounter, and Jacques Brunel has kept his changes to a minimum for the return fixture.

Guirado returns in place of Camille Chat, while Félix Lambey and Arthur Iturria are also included in place of Paul Gabrillagues and François Cros respectively.

The only change to the backline sees Thomas Ramos start at full-back in place of Maxime Médard, who scored a pair of tries in Nice.

There are three new faces on the bench as Toulouse prop Cyril Baille and Toulon lock Romain Taofifenua, both of whom were initially named as reserves for the World Cup, are included.

The other player getting his first opportunity is Yacouba Camara, who is named as back-row cover.

Meanwhile France have also confirmed the call-up of Virimi Vakatawa in place of Geoffrey Doumayrou, who was ruled out of the World Cup last week.

The Racing 92 centre has passed the necessary medical tests and joined up with Les Bleus in Nice on Tuesday.

France team to face Scotland:

15. Thomas Ramos (Toulouse) 14. Damian Penaud (Clermont) 13. Gaël Fickou (Stade Français) 12. Wesley Fofana (Clermont) 11. Alivereti Raka (Clermont) 10. Camille Lopez (Clermont) 9. Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)

1. Jefferson Poirot (Bordeaux-Bègles) 2. Guilhem Guirado (Montpellier) (c) 3. Rabah Slimani (Clermont) 4. Félix Lambey (Lyon) 5. Sébastien Vahaamahina (Clermont) 6. Arthur Iturria (Clermont) 7. Charles Ollivon (Toulon) 8. Grégory Alldritt (La Rochelle)

Replacements:

16. Camille Chat (Racing 92) 17. Cyril Baille (Toulouse) 18. Emerick Setiano (Toulon) 19. Romain Taofifenua (Toulon) 20. Yacouba Camara (Montpellier) 21. Baptiste Serin (Toulon) 22. Romain Ntamack (Toulouse) 23. Maxime Médard (Toulouse)