France coach Marc Lievremont has made eight changes to his 22-man squad to take on Italy in their penultimate Six Nations clash on March 9.

Centre Yannick Jauzion has been recalled after recovering from recent injury problems. Julien Malzieu is also back to full fitness while Imanol Harinordoquy has earned a recall.

Lievremont has also called up five uncapped players - Fabien Barcella, Guilhem Guirado, Ibrahim Diarra, Julien Tomas and Yann David - as Les Bleus bid to get their championship hopes back on track.

France are looking to make it a hat-trick of Six Nations titles but a 24-13 defeat to England has blown the championship race wide open.

France squad:

Backs: D Yachvili (Biarritz), J Tomas (Montpellier), F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Y Jauzion (Toulouse), D Traille (Biarritz), Y David (Bourgoin), J Malzieu (Clermont-Auvergne), A Floch (Clermont-Auvergne), A Rougerie (Clermont-Auvergne), V Clerc (Toulouse).

Forwards: F Barcella (Auch), J-B Poux (Toulouse), N Mas (Perpignan), G Guirado (Perpignan), D Szarzewski (Stade Francais), L Nallet (Castres), J Thion (Biarritz), P Pape (Stade Francais), I Diarra (Montauban), L Picamoles (Montpellier), F Ouedraogo (Montpellier), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz).

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