France head coach Jacques Brunel has named his side that will face New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday, with Morgan Parra at scrum-half.
Parra returns to the les Bleus team after three years away and lines up alongside Anthony Belleau in the half-backs for the meeting at Eden Park.
Geoffrey Doumayrou and Mathieu Bastareaud form the midfield while Remy Grosso and Teddy Thomas are on the wings. Maxime Medard is 15.
Up front there are starts in Auckland at loosehead prop for Dany Priso and tighthead prop for Uini Atonio, who are either side of hooker Camille Chat.
Paul Gabrillagues and Yoann Maestri are in the second-row while Judicaël Cancoriet, Kelian Gourdon and Fabien Sanconnie will start in the back-row.
France: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Teddy Thomas, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud (c), 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 11 Remy Grosso, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Fabien Sanconnie, 7 Kelian Gourdon, 6 Judicaël Cancoriet, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Paul Gabrillagues, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Camille Chat, 1 Dany Priso
Replacements: 16 Adrien Pélissié, 17 Cyril Baille, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Bernard Le Roux, 20 Alexandre Lapandry, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Jules Plisson, 23 Gael Fickou
Date: Saturday, June 9
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Kick-off: 19:35 local (08:35 BST, 07:35 GMT)
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant referees: Angus Gardner (Australia), John Lacey (Ireland)
Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)
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