France will be without star fly-half Matthieu Jalibert for their Six Nations game against Italy, with the Bordeaux-Begles man withdrawing through a calf issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jalibert has been a consistent part of the France side this Championship, taking a starring role in their victories over Ireland and Wales in the opening two rounds, but was seen grimacing and holding his calf at the full-time whistle at the Principality Stadium last time out.<\/p>\n
Matthieu Jalibert pulls out of France side as Fabien Galthi\u00e9 forced into changes<\/p>\n
\u201cA slight discomfort in my calf forces me to withdraw from tomorrow\u2019s match,\u201d Jalibert said on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you for your messages, I\u2019ll be fully behind the teammates!\u201d<\/p>\n
Wales v Scotland: Five takeaways as Gregor Townsend\u2019s men execute \u2018Houdini\u2019 escape against wonderful Welsh adding substance to accusations<\/a><\/p>\n His late withdrawal has seen a reshuffle within Les Bleus\u2019<\/a> backline. Thomas Ramos now moves to fly-half, while Ga\u00ebl Dr\u00e9an comes in on the wing and Th\u00e9o Attissogbe shifts over to full-back.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, France remain as advertised following their squad announcement on Friday. Louis Bielle-Biarrey joins the aforementioned Attissogbe and Dr\u00e9an in the back-three, with Pau pairing \u00c9milien Gailleton and Fabien Brau-Boirie keeping their spots in midfield. Ramos also now joins clubmate and France captain Antoine Dupont in the halves, a pairing which has reaped rewards for Les Bleus in the past.<\/p>\n Want more from Planet Rugby? Add us as\u00a0a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0for world-class coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n Anthony Jelonch, Oscar Jegou and Fran\u00e7ois Cros continue their flourishing back-row combination, with Toulouse duo Emmanuel Meafou and Thibaud Flament coming into the starting XV in the locks. The front-row is also unchanged, with Dorian Aldegheri, Julien Marchand and Jean-Baptiste Gros all starting.<\/p>\n Peato Mauvaka, Georges-Henri Colombe and Pierre-Louis Barassi are also fresh faces on the bench, with Charles Ollivon and Micka\u00ebl Guillard also taking up a spot on the replacements after starting the previous two Tests this Six Nations<\/a>. Rodrigue Neti, Lenni Nouchi and Baptiste Serin have also been retained.<\/p>\n