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FRENCH coach Phillipe Saint-Andre has responded to the Brisbane thumping by making a staggering 10 changes to his run-on side for the second Test against the Wallabies.
Which, in the mind of Australian centre Adam Ashley-Cooper, makes Les Bleus an extremely dangerous proposition leading into the Melbourne clash.
"They're one team who can make a lot of changes and go out and perform they better than they did the week before. We are certainly aware of that," Ashley-Cooper said on Wednesday.
"There's a lot of changes but they'll be better for it.
Nicolas Mas (L) has paid the price for the heavy loss, losing his tighthead prop berth to be benched. Source: Getty Images
A lot of changes seems an understatement after Saint-Andre reinserted his heavyweight cavalry into a run-on XV containing just five survivors from the 50-23 first test result — hooker Guilhem Guirado, lock Yoann Maestri, No.8 Damien Chouly, centre Wesley Fofana and winger Yoann Huget.
Big names like skipper Thierry Dusatoir, Yannick Nyanga, Morgan Parra, Maxime Medard, Remi Tales, Brice Dulin and Mathieu Bastareaud are among the men called up, but in a surprise move, highly-regarded tight head Nicolas Mas paid for a points loss to James Slipper by being benched.
Experienced back rower Louis Picamoles was also left on the bench, alongside the demoted backs Freddie Michalak and Gael Fickou.
The Wallabies were expecting a raft of changes, and have been at pains to emphasis the result of game one is forgotten and irrelevant.
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"We are certainly aware the French can come out and be a totally different team to the week before. That's the unpredictability of the French, and that's why they're dangerous," Ashley-Cooper said.
The Wallabies veteran said lessons about not writing off opponents prematurely could be taken from the England-New Zealand battles across the Tasman, where optimistic English scribes are penning obituaries for the All Blacks' aura after a tight New Zealand victory last weekend.
Yes, victory.
"It's too early to be making those sort of assumptions. It was obviously a tight game with England and the All Blacks, but to me and the team I am involved with, we see the All Blacks as the world No.1," Ashley-Cooper said.
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