france will look to inject some life into a miserable six nations campaign thus far as philippe saint andre travel to rome to face italy on sunday les bleus completed their final preparations at their team base in marcoussis ahead of their clash with the azzurri at the stadio olimpico under fire france boss saint andre has rung the changes following his side's 20 13 loss to wales in paris last time out france lock yoann maestri (centre) makes a run as hooker benjamin kayser (left) watches on  castres scrum half rory kockott (centre) and prop eddy ben arous (second left) listen in at training  france captain thierry dusautoir (left) and clermont prop vincent debaty get through some sled work  young toulouse centre gael fickou (left) has been recalled to france's stating line up  france head coach philippe saint andre watches on as his side limber up at their team base south of paris  clermont winger noa nakaitaci  uni atonio, romain taofifenua, scott spedding and fly half jules plisson arrive for a training  mathieu bastareaud (left) runs with a ball as hooker guilhem guirado tries to half the centre's progresss  clermont winger noa nakaitaci becomes the 82nd player to be used by saint andre; the same number that previous boss marc lievremont used during his oft criticised four year stint at the helm of the french team nakaitaci is one of eight changes to the starting line up with scott spedding, gael fickou, maxime mermoz, sébastian tillous borde, loann goujon, alexandre flanquart and nicolas mas all earning recalls
france italy the stadio olimpico rome philippe saint andre's wales saint andre noa nakaitaci 82nd gael fickou maxime mermoz
france face italy at the stadio olimpico in rome on sunday . philippe saint andre's side lost 20 13 to wales in the previous round . saint andre has made eight changes to his starting line up . noa nakaitaci becomes the 82nd player to be used by saint andre . gael fickou and maxime mermoz form a new centre partnership 