La Rochelle loose forward Gregory Alldritt will captain France in Saturday's Rugby World Cup warm-up against Fiji as Paul Willemse and Francois Cros are recalled by the tournament hosts.Alldritt will lead a heavily rotated team in Nantes as Montpellier lock Willemse and Toulouse flanker Cros return from injury, with France coach Fabien Galthie set to name his 33-man World Cup squad next Monday.La Rochelle's Antoine Hastoy comes in at flyhalf for Romain Ntamack, who has been ruled out of the tournament with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament sustained in last week's 30-27 win over Scotland.WATCH | Eddie Jones loses his cool with reporters at airport: 'Part of you blokes are the problem'Hastoy, capped three times, gets the nod ahead of Bordeaux-Begles stand-off Matthieu Jalibert, and will pair up with scrumhalf Maxime Lucu for the first time.Toulouse's Melvyn Jaminet is set for his first France start since a Grand Slam-clinching 25-13 victory over England at last year's Six Nations.
Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Yoram Moefana start on the wings.Centre Arthur Vincent - who made his first international appearance in over two injury-plagued years in the 25-21 loss to Scotland on 5 August - will line up alongside Jonathan Danty, one of just two players to keep his place from a week ago along with Alldritt.France will have their final warm-up game against Australia at the Stade de France next weekend.
They open the World Cup against New Zealand on 8 September. France team: 15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 13 Jonathan Danty, 12 Arthur Vincent, 11 Yoram Moefana, 10 Antoine Hastoy, 9 Maxime Lucu, 8 Gregory Alldritt (captain), 7 Dylan Cretin, 6 Francois Cros, 5 Paul Willemse, 4 Florian Verhaeghe, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Peato