A number of changes all round for both teams.
Fabien Galthie has taken the odd decision of moving Gaël Fickou – arguably the player of the tournament – from his position at 12 and defensive captain out onto the wing; a move that will bring Arthur Vincent into the team. Elsewhere in the backline, Romain Ntamack is back to spread his coiffured musk all over the fixture and reunite his half-back dream pairing with Dupont.
The pack sees an all-new second row pairing of Swan Rebbadj and the returning Bernard Le Roux, while Anthony Jelonch is in the back row.
Finn Russell returns to stand-off for Gregor Townsend’s men allowing captain Stuart Hogg to return to the familiar pastures of fullback. A late injury to Number 8, Matt Fagerson brings Nick Haining into the starting line-up. Scott Steele, Huw Jones and Dave Cherry are shifted to the bench despite impressive showings last week, replaced by Ali Price, Chris Harris and George Turner.
France: Brice Dulin; Damian Penaud, Virimi Vakatawa, Arthur Vincent, Gaël Fickou; Romain Ntamack, Antoine Dupont; Cyril Baille, Julien Marchand, Mohamed Haouas, Bernard Le Roux, Swan Rebbadj, Anthony Jelonch, Charles Ollivon (capt), Gregory Alldritt.
Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Uini Atonio, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Dylan Cretin, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Anthony Bouthier, 23 Teddy Thomas.
Scotland: Stuart Hogg (capt); Darcy Graham, Chris Harris, Sam Johnson, Duhan van der Merwe; Finn Russell, Ali Price; Rory Sutherland, George Turner, Zander Fagerson, Sam Skinner, Grant Gilchrist, Jamie Ritchie, Hamish Watson, Nick Haining.
Replacements: 16 Dave Cherry, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Alex Craig, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 Scott Steele, 22 Adam Hastings, 23 Huw Jones.