Rugby World Cup/Pool B: French coach Bernard Laporte talks about revenge with a smile on his lips. His side, he says, will be out to right a 79-year wrong today against the United States.
The Americans' only success against the French in five meetings was a 17-3 victory in the final of the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the last time rugby union was an Olympic sport.
France go into their last pool game, a match "without consequence", with a second-string side. Hooker Yannick Bru deputises for Fabien Galthie as captain.
Asked if his team could win in Wollongong, US coach Tom Billups said: "We would have to play out of our skins."
FRANCE: C Poitrenaud; P Elhorga, D Traille, B Liebenberg, D Bory; G Merceron, D Yachvili; O Milloud, Y Bru (capt), JB Poux, D Auradou, O Brouzet, S Chabal, P Tabacco, C Labit. Replacements: R Ibanez, S Marconnet, J Thion, O Magne, F Michalak, Y Jauzion, A Rougerie.
UNITED STATES: J Buchholz; D Fee, P Eloff, S Sika, R van Zyl; M Hercus, K Dalzell; M MacDonald, K Khasigian, D Dorsey, A Parker, L Gross, K Schubert, D Hodges (capt), D Lyle. Replacements: M Wyatt, J Waasdorp, G Klerck, J Gouws, M Sherman, J Keyter, M Timoteo.
Referee: P Honiss (New Zealand).
FrancevUSA
Wollongong, Today, 8.30 a.m.
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