Toulouse v Cardiff: Teams
Cardiff Blues have been forced into one change for Saturday's Heineken Cup Pool Five clash with Toulouse.
Last Updated: 19/12/09 8:40am
Cardiff Blues have been forced to make one change to their starting XV for Saturday's Heineken Cup Pool Five clash with Toulouse.
Winger Tom James has not been selected for this weekends clash in Toulouse due to Injury, with Richard Mustoe taking his place in the starting XV.
Gareth Thomas is added to the bench in place of Dafydd Hewitt.
Meanwhile, Toulouse are without scrum-halves Byron Kelleher and Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, who are both still injured.
Frederic Michalak moves to scrum-half after wearing number ten last week as David Skrela starts at fly-half, moving up from the bench.
Prop Benoît Lecouls, who missed the game in Cardiff, returns in place of Yohan Montès while flanker Jean Bouilhou comes into the pack. Louis Picamoles returns to start at number eight ahead of Shaun Sowerby.
At full-back Clément Poitrenaud starts ahead of Maxime Medard.
Toulouse:15 Clément Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Yves Donguy, 10 David Skrela, 9 Frédéric Michalak, 8 Louis Picamoles , 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Yoann Maestri, 3 Benoit Lecouls, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 Virgile Lacombe, 17 Census Johnston, 18 Daan Human, 19 Shaun Sowerby, 20 Romain Millo-Chluski, 21 Maxime Medard, 22 Cédric Heymans, 23 Nicolas Bezy.
Cardiff Blues: 15 Ben Blair, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Tom Shanklin, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Richard Mustoe, 10 Sam Norton-Knight, 9 Gareth Cooper, 8 Xavier Rush, 7 Martyn Williams, 6 Andy Powell, 5 Paul Tito (c), 4 Deiniol Jones, 3 Taufa'ao Filise, 2 Gareth Williams, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 T. Rhys Thomas, 17 Sam Hobbs, 18 Gary Powell, 19 Scott Morgan, 20 Sam Warburton, 21 Richie Rees, 22 Ceri Sweeney, 23 Gareth Thomas.
