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Rugby: Lucu gets France’s number 9 jersey after impressing against Ireland

# Rugby: France’s head coach, Fabien Galthie, has given Maxime Lucu injured captain Antoine Dupont’s number nine jersey for tomorrow’s Six Nations clash with Scotland in Paris. He says it was impossible to drop the 32-year-old after he impressed against Ireland last week when he replaced Dupont before halftime. Experienced Gael Fickou will play centre in Pierre-Louis Barassi’s place in the only other change to the team that potentially ended the Irish’s hope for a third consecutive title.