RUGBY WORLD CUP | Live scoring: France v Italy

Monitor the live scoring as Rugby World Cup hosts France head into their final pool game before a likely quarter-final against the Springboks.

in Lyon. Rugby World Cup host nation France will want to book their place in the quarter-finals with a perfect four wins from four pool phase matches.

Maxime Lucu starts for Les Bleus at scrumhalf in place of injured captain Antoine Dupont, Grégory Alldritt returns to the back-row for François Cros, and Louis Bielle-Biarrey gets the nod over Gabin Villiere on the left wing. Charles Ollivon captains, in Dupont’s absence, for the first time since the French tour of Japan in July 2022 – while club duo Lucu and fly-half Matthieu Jalibert start together at the hinge for the first time since the same tour.

Crowley has made five personnel changes and three positional switches to his starting XV from the team who lost 96-17 last time out. Simone Ferrari, in his 50th test, Epalahame Faiva and Pietro Ceccarelli form a new-look front row, while Niccolò Cannone returns to the second row to partner Federico Ruzza.

Tommaso Allan moves back to flyhalf after starting at fullback against the All Blacks, Paolo Garbisi returns to inside-centre, and Ange Capuozzo switches to full-back after playing three of his past four tests on the right wing.

Ange Capuozzo; Pierre Bruno, Juan Ignacio Brex, Paolo Garbisi, Montanna Ioane; Tommaso Allan, Stephen Varney; Simone Ferrari, Hame Faiva, Pietro Ceccarelli; Niccolò Cannone, Federico Ruzza; Sebastian Negri, Michele Lamaro , Lorenzo Cannone

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