Mathieu Bastareaud captains France for their final NatWest 6 Nations fixture against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday after regular skipper Guilhem Guirado pulled out injured.
Hooker Guirado, who had started 38 of France's last 44 internationals, suffered a knee injury during last Saturday's 22-16 victory over England and is unavailable for selection.
Coach Jacques Brunel has made three changes to the starting side that beat England with Benjamin Fall moving to fullback from the wing, where he replaces Hugo Bonneval, who suffered a concussion in the Paris fixture and drops out of the squad.
Elsewhere, Gael Fickou is promoted from the replacements to take Fall's place out wide, while Adrien Pelissie replaces Guirado in the middle of the front row and tight-head prop Sedate Gomes Sa comes in for Rabah Slimani.
France are fourth in the standings on 10 points, one point behind second-placed Wales. Unbeaten Ireland, who are on 19 points, have already secured the title.
Bastareaud missed the narrow defeats against Ireland and Scotland at the start of the competition due to a suspension he picked up for making homophobic remarks towards an opponent during a Champions Cup game in January.
The hulking midfielder returned for France's 34-17 victory against Italy and put in another convincing performance in the win over England.
France: Benjamin Fall, Gael Fickou, Mathieu Bastareaud (captain), Geoffrey Doumayrou, Remy Grosso, Francois Trinh-Duc, Maxime Machenaud; Marco Tauleigne, Yacouba Camara, Wenceslas Lauret, Sebastien Vahaamahina, Paul Gabrillagues, Cedate Gomes Sa, Adrien Pelissie, Jefferson Poirot.
Replacements: Camille Chat, Dany Priso, Rabah Slimani, Bernard Le Roux, Mathieu Babillot, Baptiste Couilloud, Lionel Beauxis, Geoffrey Palis
