Namibian team for France

Namibian rugby coach Hakkies Husselman has made two changes to his team to take on France in their second Rugby World Cup match in Toulouse, France on Sunday.

Jurie van Tonder replaces Eugene Jantjies at scrumhalf, while Michael McKenzie comes in for the injured Heino Senekal at flank.
In another positional change, flanker Jacques Niewenhuis moves to eighthman while eighthman Jacques Burger moves to the flank position.

Senekal pulled a calf muscle in Namibiaâ??s opening match against Ireland and had to leave the field after 20 minutes.
There was also doubt over centre Bradley Langenhoven after he injured his finger against Ireland, but he has been named in the starting line-up.
The match is scheduled to start at 21h00 on Sunday evening.

The Namibian team is as follows:
1 Kees Lensing (c) â?¨2 Hugo Hornâ?¨ 3 Jane du Toit â?¨4 Wacca Kazombiazeâ?¨ 5 Nico Esterhuizeâ?¨ 6 Jacques Burgerâ?¨ 7 Michael MacKenzieâ?¨ 8 Jacques Nieuwenhuisâ?¨ 9 Jurie van Tonderâ?¨ 10 Emile Wessels â?¨11 Heini Bock â?¨12 Piet van Zylâ?¨ 13 Bradley Langenhoven â?¨14 Ryan Witbooiâ?¨ 15 Tertius Losper
Replacements:
16 Johannes Meyer â?¨17 Johnny Redelinghuysâ?¨ 18 Herman Lintveldtâ?¨ 19 Tinus du Plessis â?¨20 Eugene Jantjiesâ?¨ 21 Lu-Wayne Botesâ?¨ 22 Melrick Africa

France make wholesale changes

France have made wholesale changes and announced a virtual new squad for the match against Namibia, following their shock 17-12 defeat to Argentina in the opening match of the tournament.
A total of 13 changes have been made with seven new forwards coming in as well as five new backs.

Only three players remain from the starting line-up against Argentina, namely prop Pieter de Villiers, centre Damien Traille and wing Cerdic Heymans, who has been slected at fullback for the match against Namibia.

Franceâ??s captain against Argentina, hooker Raphael Ibanez has been replaced by Dimitri Szarzewski, while, Jean Baptiste Elissalde, who replaces Pierre Mignoni at scrumhalf, takes over the captaincy.

The French team is as follows:
1 Jean-Baptiste Poux �2 Dimitri Szarzewski� 3 Pieter de Villiers �4 Sébastien Chabal� 5 Lionel Nallet� 6 Yannick Nyanga� 7 Thierry Dusautoir� 8 Julien Bonnaire �9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (c)� 10 Frédéric Michalak �11 Cédric Heymans� 12 Damien Traille� 13 David Marty �14 Vincent Clerc� 15 Clément Poitrenaud
Replacements:
16 Raphaël Ibanez �17 Nicolas Mas �18 Fabien Pelous �19 Imanol Harinordoquy �20 Lionel Beauxis� 21 Yannick Jauzion� 22 Aurélien Rougerie