France head coach Fabien Galthie has made two changes to his starting XV to face Wales, with centre duo \u00c9milien Gailleton and Fabien Brau-Boirie replacing the injured Yoram Moefana and Nicolas Depoort\u00e8re.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Pau pairing are also among five changes to the wider 23-man squad for their trip to the Principality Stadium on Sunday, with Maxime Lamothe, Thibaud Flament and Noah Nene coming onto the bench.<\/p>\n
As a result, Brau-Boirie will win his first senior cap for Les Bleus<\/a>, while Nene could also make his maiden Test appearance should he come on.<\/p>\n Galthie makes changes as two debutants named for Wales Test<\/p>\n Andrew Trimble: The pendulum has \u2018swung back\u2019 for struggling England, France and Springboks but there is a big \u2018worry\u2019 over Ireland<\/a><\/p>\n With the changes to the starting XV both coming in midfield, that leaves Galthie with a steady backline combination after their 36-14 win over Ireland in round one. Thomas Ramos continues at full-back, with Th\u00e9o Attissogbe and two-try hero Louis Bielle-Biarrey named in the back-three, while Matthieu Jalibert and Antoine Dupont continue their flourishing partnership in the halves.<\/p>\n Want more from Planet Rugby? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for world-class coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n Up front, Galthie<\/a> has also named an unchanged pack. Anthony Jelonch, Oscar Jegou and Fran\u00e7ois Cros again form a tasty back-row, with last week\u2019s Player of the Match Micka\u00ebl Guillard joining Charles Ollivon in the locks. Dorian Aldegheri, Julien Marchand and Jean-Baptiste Gros again feature in the front-row.<\/p>\n Lamothe, Flament and Nene also join Rodrigue Neti, Regis Montagne, Emmanuel Meafou, Lenni Nouchi and Baptiste Serin on a 6:2 bench.<\/p>\n