PARIS - France have called Dimitri Yachvili into their squad for the RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy after Frederic Michalak was forced out by a knee injury.
Fly-half Michalak was forced off after injuring himself when tackling Scotland back Hugo Southwell in the second minute of Toulouse's 29-0 win away to Stade Francais in the Top 14 on Saturday.
The 27-year-old told Canal Plus: "I felt a crack when I tried to tackle the Paris player. There was a crack at the outside of the knee.
"We will have to do tests to find out exactly what happened."
Biarritz scrum-half Yachvili, capped 40 times, only returned from a knee injury of his own in yesterday's 21-20 defeat at Toulon. (PA)