The Toulon hooker picked up a knee injury in last weekend’s win over England in Paris and has had to be replaced in Jacques Brunel’s squad by the uncapped La Rochelle player, Pierre Bourgarit, for the big showdown.
In another change to the squad, Clermont’s Arthur Iturria has been drafted in to replace the injured lock Romain Taofifenua.
Both sides will be chasing a possible runners-up spot to champions Ireland, with Wales guaranteed to win the race if they pick up a bonus-point victory at the Principality Stadium.
Any kind of win or will be good enough to finish second if Ireland complete their third Grand Slam with victory over England at Twickenham.
French Squad
Backs
Mathieu Bastareuad (Toulon), Lionel Beauxis (Lyon), Hugo Bonneval (Toulon), Henry Chavancy (Racing 92), Baptistse Couilloud (Lyon), Geoffrey Doumayrou (La Rochelle), Benjamin Fall (Montpellier), Gael Fickou (Toulouse), Remy Grosso (ASM Clermont Auvergne), Maxime Machenaud (Racing 92), Geoffrey Palis (Castres) Baptiste Serin (Union Bordeaux-Begles), Francois Trinh-Duc (Toulon)
Forwards
Mathieu Babillot (Castres Olympiqe), Eddy Ben Arous (Racing 92), Pierre Bourgarit (La Rochelle), Yacouba Camara (Montpellier), Camille Chat (Racing 92), Paul Gabrillagues (Stade Français), Kelian Galletier (Montpellier), Cedate Gomes Sa (Racing 92), Arthur Iturria (ASM Clermont Auvergne), Wenceslas Lauret (Racing 92), Bernard Le Roux (Racing 92), Adrien Pelissie (Union Bordeaux-Begles), Jefferson Poirot (Union Bordeaux-Begles), Dany Priso (La Rochelle), Rabah Slimani (ASM Clermont Auvergne), Marco Tauleigne (Union Bordeaux-Begles), Sebastien Vahaamahina (ASM Clermont Auvergne)
