PARIS (Reuters) - Lock Sebastien Chabal has pulled out of France's Six Nations opening game against Scotland at Murrayfield Sunday (3 p.m.) through injury, a French team spokesman said Monday.
The spokesman did not specify the nature of the injury but Chabal, who will be replaced by Toulouse's Yoann Maestri, has been suffering from back pain.
Chabal is the second France lock to pull out of the Scotland game because of injury after Romain Millo-Chluski.
(Writing by Patrick Vignal, editing by John Mehaffey)
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