Tournaire back

Injury-ravaged France welcome back prop Franck Tournaire and outhalf Alain Penaud for their crucial Five Nations match against…

Injury-ravaged France welcome back prop Franck Tournaire and outhalf Alain Penaud for their crucial Five Nations match against England at Twickenham on March 1st.

Tournaire returns after his one-match ban for kicking Ireland's replacement hooker Allen Clarke in Dublin while Penaud undergoes a fitness test today on a twisted ankle suffered during Brive's demolition of Leicester in the European Cup final.

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