Dimitri Szarzewski scores a try against South Africa last November

Szarzewski started the loss to Scotland on the first weekend of the Six Nations but missed the wins over Ireland and Italy with an Achilles tendon problem.

He comes into the 22-man squad at the expense of Sebastien Bruno in the only change from the party that struggled to defeat the Italians last weekend.

Bruno, who has been on the bench for all three games, has a knee injury.

France coach Bernard Laporte said: "We have chosen to keep things as they are but it's not to say that as there are hardly any changes to the squad that the team will be the same."

Laporte admitted that he had considered bringing back flanker Serge Betsen, fellow back-rower Remy Martin and fly-half Benjamin Boyet but said they were all recovering from injuries and not yet back to full fitness.

France squad:

Forwards: Pieter de Villiers, Sylvain Marconnet, Olivier Milloud, Raphael Ibanez, Dimitri Szarzewski, Fabien Pelous (captain), Jerome Thion, Lionel Nallet, Yannick Nyanga, Thomas Lievremont, Julien Bonnaire, Olivier Magne.

Backs: Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, Dimitri Yachvili, Frederic Michalak, Florian Fritz, David Marty, Damien Traille, Cedric Heymans, Aurelien Rougerie, Christophe Dominici, Thomas Castaignede.