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France have made three changes to their squad for their tour of Australia and New Zealand next month after Morgan Parra, Imanol Harinordoquy and Lionel Nallet pulled out injured.

Bourgoin scrum-half Parra, who picked up a shoulder injury in his team's defeat to Northampton in the European Challenge Cup final, is replaced by Biarritz's Yachvili.

Captain and lock Nallet (pictured), who is suffering from pain in his ribs, is replaced by Perpignan's Damien Chouly.

Bayonne's Remy Martin has been called up in place of number eight Harinordoquy, who has a shoulder injury.

France will play New Zealand in Dunedin on June 13 and in Wellington on June 20. Then will then take on Australia in Sydney on June 27.

Revised squad:

Backs: Dimitri Yachvili, Julien Dupuy, Francois Trinh-Duc, David Skrela, Yannick Jauzion, Florian Fritz, Maxime Mermoz, Damien Traille, Mathieu Bastareaud, Vincent Clerc, Cedric Heymans, Aurelien Rougerie, Maxime Medard, Alexis Palisson

Forwards: Sylvain Marconnet, Thomas Domingo, Fabien Barcella, Nicolas Mas, Dimitri Szarzewski, Guilhem Guirado, William Servat, Remy Martin, Romain Millo-Chluski, Pascal Pape, Sebastien Chabal, Damien Chouly, Thierry Dusautoir, Julien Bonnaire, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Louis Picamoles.

Reuters