Mathieu Bastareaud back in France XV for England showdown

Grand slam-chasing France have restored the Stade Français centre Mathieu Bastareaud to the XV to face England in the Six Nations at Stade de France on Saturday. David Marty, who drops to the bench, started against the Azzurri as Bastareaud had failed to fully recover from an ankle injury sustained on club duty for Stade Français but showed he was an able replacement with two tries in France's 46-20 victory. France side to play England C Poitrenaud (Toulouse); M Andreu (Castres), M Bastareaud (Stade Français), Y Jauzion (Toulouse), A Palisson (Brive); F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), M Parra (Clermont Auvergne); T Domingo (Clermont Auvergne), W Servat (Toulouse), N Mas (Perpignan), L Nallet (Racing Métro), J Pierre (Clermont Auvergne) T Dusautoir (Toulouse, captain), J Bonnaire (Clermont Auvergne), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz). Replacements D Szarzewski (Stade Français), J-B Poux (Toulouse), S Chabal (Racing Métro), A Lapandry (Clermont Auvergne), D Yachvili (Biarritz), D Marty (Perpignan), J Malzieu (Clermont Auvergne).