France coach Marc Lievremont has named an unchanged starting team to face Wales in a Rugby World Cup semifinal against Wales on Saturday at Eden Park.
Lievremont announced his team Tuesday, sticking with the same starting XV and bench which beat England 19-12 in the quarterfinals.
France has won six of the last seven meetings between the teams, but Wales has been the form side at the World Cup.
Lievremont’s team has already played twice at Eden Park during the tournament, losing to New Zealand in the pool stage and beating England in the first knockout round.
Wales however have yet to play at Eden Park in Auckland.
France:
15 Maxime Medard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Alexis Palisson, 10 Morgan Parra, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (C), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Pascal Pape, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: (seven to be chosen): Dimitri Szarzewski, Fabien Barcella, Julien Pierre, Louis Picamoles, Francois Trinh-Duc, David Marty, Cedric Heymans, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Jean Marc Doussain.