French coach Guy Noves has made three changes to his team to face New Zealand in their final autumn Test, bringing in Camille Lopez at five-eighth for the Stade de France clash.
Lopez missed a post-siren field goal in France's 25-23 defeat by Australia and was called into the squad after Francois Trinh-Duc broke his forearm in the first Test against Samoa.
His return pushes Jean-Marc Doussain to the bench.
Prop Xavier Chiocci will start at the expense of Cyril Baille while Brice Dulin will run out at fullback after Scott Spedding's foot injury.
"We wanted to see how Camille Lopez would fit in and if he can retain his place in the squad, although we are not putting any pressure on him," Noves said on Thursday.
"As for Xavier Chiocci, he played well when he came on against Australia and we wanted to see how he does as a starter."
There was speculation on whether Noves would make changes in the third row as it lacks a "forager", but the manager kept faith in Charles Ollivon, Kevin Gourdon and Louis Picamoles, who brought speed and rhythm to the team.
Noves added the players would decide who, between Lopez and halfback Maxime Machenaud, would kick after the latter missed two conversions against Australia.
France beat Samoa 52-8 in their first Test before their narrow defeat to Australia, while world champions New Zealand rebounded from their shock 40-29 defeat by Ireland in Chicago three weeks ago by winning 21-9 last Saturday in Dublin.
Les Bleus were knocked out 62-13 by New Zealand in the 2015 World Cup quarter-finals in the last encounter between the two nations.
France (15-1):
Brice Dulin, Noa Nakaitaci, Remi Lamerat, Wesley Fofana, Virimi Vakatawa, Camille Lopez, Maxime Machenaud, Louis Picamoles, Kevin Gourdon, Charles Ollivon, Yoann Maestri, Sebastien Vahaamahina, Uini Atonio, Guilhem Guirado (capt), Xavier Chiocci.
Res: Camille Chat, Cyril Baille, Rabah Slimani, Julien Le Devedec, Damien Chouly, Baptiste Serin, Jean-Marc Doussain, Gael Fickou.
