France:Sebastien Chabal will miss France's World Cup warm-up against England in Marseille on Saturday because of a sore calf muscle. "It's nothing serious and Sebastien will start our following match against Wales in Cardiff," France manager Jo Maso told reporters after naming a 22-man squad yesterday.
The backrower scored the decisive try in France's 21-15 win last Saturday at Twickenham. Prop Pieter de Villiers remains sidelined but Maso said he should be fit to face Wales on August 26th.
FRANCE SQUAD(v England): Backs: Pierre Mignoni, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, Frederic Michalak, David Skrela, Yannick Jauzion, Damien Traille, Christophe Dominici, Cedric Heymans, Aurelien Rougerie, Clement Poitrenaud. Forwards: Olivier Milloud, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Nicolas Mas, Raphael Ibanez, Sebastien Bruno, Thierry Dusautoir, Fabien Pelous, Jerome Thion, Lionel Nallet, Julien Bonnaire, Imanol Harinordoquy, Yannick Nyanga.