Merceron on French bench for All Black test
June 28, 2001

The French team to play the All Blacks in Saturday's test against the All Blacks in Wellington has been named.

There are a number of changes from the side which started in last weekend's second test against the Springboks in Durban. The most notable being the selection of fly half Gerald Merceron on the bench, thus allowing David Skrela, son of former test flanker and coach Jean-Claude, the chance to make his test debut.

The full French squad is :

Pepito Elhorga (Agen), Nicolas Jeanjean (Stade Toulousain), Yannick Jauzion
(Colomiers), Stephane Glas (Bourgoin), Christophe Dominici (Stade Francais),
David Skrela (Colomiers), Fabien Galthie (Colomiers, capt); Olivier Magne (Montferrand), Patrick Tabacco (Stade Francais), Jean Bouilhou (Stade
Toulousain), Olivier Brouzet (Northampton/Eng), Lionel Nallet (Bourgoin), Christian Califano (Stade Toulousain), Olivier Azam(Gloucester/Eng), Olivier Milloud (Bourgoin)

Replacements: Raphael Ibanez (Castres), Jean-Jacques Crenca (Agen), Pieter
De Villiers (Stade Francais), Daniel Auradou (Stade Francais), Gerald Merceron (Montferrand), Sebastien Bonetti (Biarritz), Sebastien Chabal (Bourgoin)

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