France coach Marc Lièvremont has moved Damien Traille from full-back to inside centre and picked Clément Poitrenaud for Sunday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland.
Traille takes over the number twelve jersey from Maxime Mermoz, who injured his shoulder in the 34-21 win against Scotland last week. Clément Poitrenaud comes off the bench to start at full-back at Aviva Stadium. Recalled Toulouse back Yannick Jauzion takes up the vacant spot amongst the replacements.
There is one other change to the bench where veteran prop Sylvain Marconnet replaces Luc Ducalcon.
As much as possible, Lièvremont wanted to retain the side that saw off Scotland 34-21 on Saturday.
'We go with stability,' he said.
Centre Yannick Jauzion has been added to the squad on the bench, although he did miss training today with a shoulder complaint of his own.
Tries from captain Alastair Kellock, Kelly Brown and Sean Lamont were not enough for Scotland to claim a first RBS 6 Nations win in Paris as defending champions France triumphed at the Stade de France.
Les Bleus, who had lost three of their previous five Tests since securing the Grand Slam last March, quickly recovered their confidence following their 59-16 mauling by Australia last November to state their ambitions of retaining their title.
France crossed for tries through Maxime Medard, a penalty try, Imanol Harinordoquy and Damien Traille, with Morgan Parra kicking two conversions, Dimitri Yachvili two conversions and a penalty and Francois Trinh-Duc a drop goal.
The visitors were always chasing the game and Kellock and Brown's close-range tries followed by Lamont's late score - all converted by Dan Parks - were ultimately in vain as Scotland suffered defeat on the opening Six Nations weekend for the 11th time in 12 tournaments.
Scotland's most recent win in Paris had come on the way to victory in the final Five Nations Championship in 1999 and since the inaugural Six Nations tournament in 2000, Scotland had won their opening game just once - their most recent defeat of France, at Murrayfield in 2006.
Again Scotland return home from the French capital empty handed, looking to reclaim the momentum in next weekend's Test with Wales.
