France have dropped the wing Christophe Dominici in favour of Cédric Heymans in making three changes for Saturday's match against Scotland in Paris. Pierre Mignoni returns at scrum-half in place of Dimitri Yachvili, and Imanol Harinordoquy is at No8 in place of Sale's Sébastien Chabal. David Skrela will be at fly-half if he passes a fitness test, otherwise Lionel Beauxis will take over. Damien Traille will then be on the bench as fly-half and centre cover.

Scotland have made five changes. Hugo Southwell has a shoulder injury from the 19-18 defeat against Ireland but Dougie Hall, Chris Cusiter, Marcus Di Rollo and Dave Callam have been dropped. The scrum-half Rory Lawson and hooker Ross Ford will start for the first time and Nikki Walker, Andrew Henderson and John Beattie also come in.

France: Poitrenaud (Toulouse); Clerc (Toulouse), Marty (Perpignan), Jauzion, Heymans (both Toulouse); Skrela (Stade Français), Mignoni (Clermont-Auvergne); Milloud (Bourgoin), Ibanez (Wasps, capt), De Villiers (Stade Français), Nallet (Castres), Thion (Biarritz), Betsen (Biarritz), Bonnaire (Bourgoin), Harinordoquy (Biarritz). Replacements: Mas (Perpignan), Bruno (Sale), Pape (Castres), Vermeulen (Clermont-Auvergne), Elissalde (Toulouse), Beauxis (Stade Français)/D Traille (Biarritz), Dominici (Stade Français).

Scotland: Paterson (Edinburgh, capt); S Lamont (Northampton), Dewey (Edinburgh), Henderson (Glasgow), Walker (Ospreys); Parks (Glasgow), Lawson (Gloucester); Kerr, Ford (both Borders), E Murray (Glasgow), Hines (Perpignan), S Murray, Taylor (both Edinburgh), Beattie (Glasgow), Brown (Borders). Replacements: Hall, Jacobsen (both Edinburgh), Hamilton (Leicester), Hogg (Edinburgh), Cusiter (Borders), Di Rollo (Edinburgh), Lamont (Glasgow).