Bory included in French line-up
Thursday, 1 February 2001 13:55French coach Bernard Laporte has named his line-up for the country's opening Six Nations clash against Scotland in Paris this weekend. Winger David Bory returns to the team in place of veteran Jean-Luc Sadourny who has retired from internationals. Also returning to the French line-up is former captain Raphael Ibanez. He takes the place of injured Stade Francais hooker Fabrice Landreau who has a back injury. Thirteen of the players named by Laporte today featured in France's 42-33 defeat of New Zealand in Marseille last year.
"We must not take the Scots lightly because they have proved they can win big matches. They stopped England clinching the Grand Slam last year," pointed out Laporte. "We must be very humble and very focused on our game. Scotland are far from being a small team. They won here two years ago. We need a very strong side if we want to perform well in this championship as our goal is to be number one again."
French Team: 15-Xavier Garbajosa; 14-Philippe Bernat-Salles, 13- Richard Dourthe, 12-Franck Comba, 11-David Bory; 10-Christophe Lamaison; 9-Fabien Galthie; 8-Christophe Juillet, 7-Olivier Magne, 6-Christophe Moni, 5-Fabien Pelous (captain), 4-David Auradou, 3-Pieter De Villiers, 2-Raphael Ibanez, 1-Sylvain Marconnet.
Filed by Amanda Fennelly
