Six Nations - Chabal to start at Twickenham

Eurosport - Wed, 11 Mar 15:04:00 2009

France coach Marc Lievremont has handed Sebastian Chabal his first start in the back row for Sunday's Six Nations game against England at Twickenham.

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Since taking charge of the French team after the 2007 World Cup, Lievremont has only selected the Sale Sharks player at lock.

Lievremont also named Francois Trinh-Duc at flyhalf in one of the three other changes he made on Wednesday to the starting side that defeated Wales 21-16 on February 27 in Paris.

Trinh-Duc takes over from Benoit Baby, who is sidelined by an injury.

In the pack, lock Jerome Thion replaces Romain Millo-Chluski (Achilles' tendon) and losehead prop Lionel Faure comes in for Fabien Barcella.

Team: 15-Maxime Medard, 14-Julien Malzieu, 13-Mathieu Bastareaud, 12-Yannick Jauzion, 11-Cedric Heymans, 10-Francis Trinh-Duc, 9-Morgan Parra; 8-Imanol Harinordoquy, 7-Sebastien Chabal, 6-Thierry Dusautoir, 5-Jerome Thion, 4-Lionel Nallet (captain), 3-Sylvain Marconnet, 2-Dimitri Szarzewski, 1-Lionel Faure.

Replacements: 16-Benjamin Kayzer, 17-Thomas Domingo, 18-Louis Picamoles, 19-Julien Bonnaire, 20-Sebastien Tillous-Borde, 21-Florian Fritz, 22-Damien Traille

Reuters

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  1. i feel he will put in a few monster hits!he is due a­ good performance....unleash the beast!!grrrrrrrrr

    From sean d, on Thu 12 Mar 11:06AM

  2. Comment 7...So the Romanian and Italian leagues are­ first and second??

    From laboca123, on Thu 12 Mar 10:41AM

  3. over rated player playing in the third best rugby­ league in europe

    From markear1, on Wed 11 Mar 7:28PM

  4. He certainly did flatten Williams, but in fairness he­ got straight back up and Chabal was driven back 3 yards­ straight afterwards by 2 All Blacks. Still - good for­ team morale.

    From Donald D, on Wed 11 Mar 6:42PM

  5. He's built for rucking. No problem staying on his­ feet and reaching the ball, as his arms are 5ft long.

    From Donald D, on Wed 11 Mar 6:34PM

  6. my wife fancies tackling him but I wouldn't

    From stuartmurrayfrics, on Wed 11 Mar 3:33PM

  7. Chabal is impressive but he loses the ball half the­ time, after he charged, he takes hours to get back on­ his legs...
    He's really a "single-impact­ player".

    From Marc L, on Wed 11 Mar 12:42PM

  8. They don't call him The Cave Man for nothing. This­ guy is massive, big, strong and scary. You should see­ his tackle on the mighty Ali Williams of the All Blacks

    From Half A Brain, on Wed 11 Mar 10:10AM
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