RUGBY WORLD CUP: France v Canada Pool D

France v Canada in Milton Keynes (World Cup, Pool D)

Referee: JP Doyle (England)

Preview
France needs a bonus point win to ensure a place in the quarter finals. They should get that against Canada. For France Rémy Grosso makes his test debut on the wing after coming into the squad replacing the injured Yoann Huget.

Canada will be struggling to keep up with the pace of the French although they performed well against Italy.

Prediction: France by 28 points. Score 46-18

TEAMS

France
15 Scott Spedding, 14 Rémy Grosso, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Brice Dulin, 10 Frédéric Michalak, 9 Sebastien Tillous-Borde,
8 Damien Chouly, 7 Bernard Le Roux, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (Capt.), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Pascal Pape, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Eddy Ben Arous.
Replacements
16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Nicolas Mas, 19 Yannick Nyanga, 20 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Remi Tales, 23 Alexandre Dumoulin.
Head Coach: Philippe Saint André

Canada
15 Matthew Evans, 14 Philip Mackenzie, 13 Ciaran Hearn, 12 Nicholas Blevins, 11 DTH van der Merwe, 10 Nathan Hirayama, 9 Philip Mack, 8 Tyler Ardron (Capt.), 7 Richard Thorpe, 6 Kyle Gilmour, 5 James Cudmore, 4 Brett Beukeboom, 3 Douglas Wooldridge, 2 Aaron Carpenter, 1 Hubert Buydens.
Replacements
16 Raymond Barkwill, 17 Djustice Sears-Duru, 18 Andrew Tiedemann, 19 Evan Olmstead, 20 Nanyak Dala, 21 Gordon McRorie, 22 Harry Jones, 23 Conor Trainor.
Head Coach; Kieren Crowley