France coach Marc Lievremont named an unchanged squad from the one that humbled Ireland 33-10 on Saturday for the Six Nations Grand Slam favourites next match away to 2008 winners Wales.
The 41-year-old - who is seeking to win three successive matches for the first time since he took over from Bernard Laporte after the 2007 World Cup finals - revealed that there were injury worries over three of the squad.
Wing Vincent Clerc has a sprained left ankle, fellow wing Alexis Palisson has a bruised right knee which forced him off in the first-half after being kicked by Irish hooker Jerry Flannery.
Veteran prop Sylvain Marconnet is the other player giving cause for concern, the 33-year-old has a groin problem and along with Clerc and Palisson will undergo further tests on Sunday.
"I hope that we haven't taken out copyright on this: we win, and two wings and a prop are injured," joked Lievremont, referring to how after the opening victory over Scotland he lost both his starting wings, Aurelien Rougerie and Benjamin Fall, and prop Luc Ducalcon.
While the French players are due to return to their respective clubs they will not run out for them in the next round of Top 14 matches next Friday and Saturday as they are compelled to come back to the national training centre here on Thursday.
The Welsh match on Friday February 26 is France's last away trip of this year's tournament. Following that clash they entertain Italy on March 14 and then in a potential Grand Slam decider England on March 20.
Forwards:
Thomas Domingo (Clermont), Jean-Baptiste Poux (Toulouse), Sylvain Marconnet (Stade Français), Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), Williams Servat (Toulouse), Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Français), Pascal Papé (Stade Français), Lionel Nallet (Racing-Métro), Julien Pierre (Clermont), Julien Bonnaire (Clermont), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Imanol Harinordoquy (Biarritz), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier)
Backs:
Morgan Parra (Clermont), François Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Frédéric Michalak (Toulouse), Mathieu Bastareaud (Stade Français), Yannick Jauzion (Toulouse), David Marty (Perpignan), Vincent Clerc (Toulouse), Alexis Palisson (Brive), Julien Malzieu (Clermont), Clément Poitrenaud (Toulouse)
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