February 24, 200916 yr Author FRANCE DOUBLE BLOW France will be without injured duo Lionel Beauxis and Maxime Mermoz for Friday's crunch Six Nations game against Wales. Fly-half Beauxis has failed to recover from a hip injury and centre Mermoz has suffered a tear in his right quad. Head coach Marc Lievremont has called up 22-year-old Montpellier number ten Francois Trinh-Duc and uncapped 20-year-old Mathieu Bastareaud as a result. "They will be replaced by Francois Trinh-Duc and uncapped 20-year-old Mathieu Bastareaud," media officer Lionel Rossigneux confirmed. "Beauxis has been ruled out because he is still suffering from the blow on the hip bone he received during a French championship game between his Stade Francais club and Toulon on Friday evening. "Mermoz had a scan today which revealed a tear in the quadriceps of his right leg." I'm sorry for Maxime but FINALLY Mathieu has been selected for France hope he does a good job becuase his a future star of French rugby.
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