Gael Fickou has been named on the wing for Saturday night's pivotal Guinness Six Nations match against Ireland in Paris.
The Stade Francais star moves from inside centre to the left wing, taking the place of the injured Teddy Thomas.
Montpellier centre Arthur Vincent slots in at 12 alongside Virimi Vakatawa in the only change in personnel.
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Coincidentally, centre was the only switch made by Andy Farrell also, Garry Ringrose's facial injury forcing the Ireland coach into a single change, as Robbie Henshaw partners his former Connacht team-mate Bundee Aki.
La Rochelle's Arthur Retiere has been added to the replacements.
Otherwise coach Fabien Galthie has stuck with the team that beat Wales 38-21 at the Stade de France on Saturday last.
Bernard Le Roux avoided a ban following a disciplinary hearing to examine an incident with Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones, while full-back Anthony Bouthier was cleared to play after being replaced at half-time of the Wales win with a suspected concussion.
Third in the table on 13 points, France are looking to win their first Six Nations title in 10 years. They are behind England on points difference, with Ireland on top with 14 points.
England travel to Italy earlier on Saturday.
"The message to the players was simple: we have the same chances to win the Six Nations as Ireland and England," said team manager Raphael Ibanez.
Coach Fabien Galthie insisted that Les Bleus needed to show consistency as their ultimate goal is to win the World Cup on home soil in 2023.
"Our goal is very clear: we need to be consistent. We performed against England and then we were average against Italy (in the Six Nations). Then we performed against Wales before losing to Scotland. Now we've just been very good against Wales," he said.
Against Wales, France were penalised 16 times, but Galthie said it was the result of his players being aggressive during a promising attacking display at the Stade de France.
"Those 16 penalties show that we're an aggressive team and we must remain an aggressive team. We have identified where we need to ease off a little bit but overall we must stay aggressive," he said.
The game against Ireland was rescheduled amid the Covid-19 crisis, and it was confirmed for Saturday after French sports minister Roxana Maracineanu said elite sports could continue despite new lockdown measures announced by president Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday.
France: Anthony Bouthier, Vincent Rattez, Virimi Vakatawa, Arthur Vincent, Gael Fickou; Romain Ntamack, Antoine Dupont; Cyril Baille, Julien Marchand, Mohamed Haouas, Bernard Le Roux, Paul Willemse, Francois Cros, Charles Ollivon (captain), Gregory Alldritt
Replacements: Camille Chat, Jean-Baptiste Gros, Demba Bamba, Romain Taofifenua, Dylan Cretin, Baptiste Serin, Arthur Retiere, Thomas Ramos
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