PARIS (Reuters) - France suffered three injury blows for Saturday's Six Nations game against grand slam champions Ireland when wings Aurelien Rougerie and Benjamin Fall and prop Luc Ducalcon were ruled out of the squad on Tuesday.
France coach Marc Lievremont called up replacements in wings Alexis Palisson and Julien Malzieu and prop Jean-Baptiste Poux, the team's media manager Lionel Rossigneux said in a statement.
Rougerie, Fall and Ducalcon were injured during France's 18-9 win in their Six Nations opener against Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Palisson has five caps to his name, while Malzieu, 27, has made 11 appearances for France. Poux, 30, won the last of his 23 caps against Wales in March 2008.
Lievremont is scheduled to name his starting line-up on Wednesday for the Ireland match at the Stade de France.
(Reporting by Jean-Paul Couret; Editing by Clare Fallon)
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