France coach Marc Lievremont has opted for an unchanged squad for Saturday’s crucial Six Nations clash with Ireland in Paris. Lievremont is notorious for constantly chopping and changing his teams, but he’s surprisingly decided to keep faith with the same 23-man squad that was on duty for yesterday’s win over Scotland. Clermont Auvergne winger Aurelien Rougerie, Bayonne winger Benjamin Fall and Castres prop Luc Ducalcon are the only doubts. All three players will undergo fitness tests in Paris today. “The group of 23 players will be retained despite the uncertainties,” Lievremont said. “It’s been a while since there was continuity in the France team, given injuries and dips in form.” The starting XV for this weekend’s clash against Ireland will be announced on Wednesday morning. Centre Mathieu Bastareaud completed a fairytale comeback against Scotland yesterday by scoring his first two international tries in his first Test start since falsely claiming he had been assaulted during his country’s tour of New Zealand last summer. France squad: Forwards: T Domingo (Clermont Auvergne), L Ducalcon (Castres), S Marconnet (Stade Francais), N Mas (Perpignan), W Servat (Toulouse), D Szarzewski (Stade Francais), P Pape (Stade Francais), L Nallet (Racing-Metro), J Pierre (Clermont Auvergne), J Bonnaire (Clermont Auvergne), T Dusautoir (Toulouse), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz), F Ouedraogo (Montpellier). Backs: M Parra (Clermont Auvergne), F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), F Michalak (Toulouse), M Bastareaud (Stade Francais), Y Jauzion (Toulouse), D Marty (Perpignan), V Clerc (Toulouse), A Rougerie (Clermont Auvergne), B Fall (Bayonne), C Poitrenaud (Toulouse).

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