Good teams have great benches. France’s today is up there with the best. Any country that can keep players such as Julien Bonnaire, Vincent Clerc, Dimitri Szarzewski and Frederic Michalak gathering splinters this afternoon against Scotland must have one heck of a starting line-up. Then again, this is France, and this is another topsy-turvy selection from boss Marc Lievremont.

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