Injured hooker Fabrice Landreau will not be fit to return to the France squad for the Six Nations match against Ireland in Dublin next week, officials said on Thursday.
Landreau missed France's 16-6 victory over Scotland at the Stade de France on Sunday with a back injury. He is replaced again by Gloucester's Olivier Azam in an unchanged squad of 22 for the February 17th match.
Squad:
Backs:Xavier Garbajosa (Toulouse), Philippe Bernat-Salles (Biarritz), David Bory (Montferrand), Christophe Dominici (Stade Francais), Richard Dourthe (Beziers), Franck Comba (Stade Francais), Christophe Lamaison (Agen), Gerald Merceron (Montferrand), Fabien Galthie (Colomiers), Philippe Carbonneau (Pau).
Forwards:Christophe Moni (Stade Francais), Olivier Magne (Montferrand), Christophe Juillet (Stade Frangais), Serge Betsen (Biarritz), Fabien Pelous (Toulouse), David Auradou (Stade Francais), Abdelatif Benazzi (Agen), Sylvain Marconnet (Stade Francais), Pieter De Villiers (Stade Francais), Christian Califano (Toulouse), Olivier Azam (Gloucester), Raphael Ibanez (Castres).