Laporte will name his team on Wednesday

The scrum-half has been ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations Championship with a torn hamstring.

But the French, the only team still in contention for the Grand Slam, have taken out no cover for Elissalde.

Dimitri Yachvili, the second-choice scrum-half who replaced him in Cardiff, will almost certainly play.

France have recalled fly-half Julien Peyrelongue, full-back Clement Poitrenaud and wing Pepito Elhorga for the match at Murrayfield.

The management team have decided that Yachvili, the second-choice scrum-half, Frederic Michalak, who was converted from scrum-half to fly-half last season, and Michalak's deputy Peyrelongue will cover the half-back positions.

If Yachvili is injured at Murrayfield, Michalak could move over with Peyrelongue taking his place at fly-half.

Cedric Heymans and Aurelien Rougerie were dropped.

France will name their starting team next Wednesday.

France squad:

Forwards - William Servat (Stade Toulousain), Yannick Bru (Stade Toulousain), Sylvain Marconnet (Stade Fran�cis), Pieter De Villiers (Stade Francais), Jean-Jacques Crenca (Agen), Fabien Pelous (Stade Toulousain, capt), Pascal Pape (Bourgoin), David Auradou (Stade Francais), Serge Betsen (Biarritz), Thomas Li�vremont (Biarritz), Imanol Harinordoquy (Pau), Olivier Magne (Montferrand)

Backs - Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz), Frederic Michalak (Stade Toulousain), Julien Peyrelongue (Biarritz), Damien Traille (Pau), Yannick Jauzion (Stade Toulousain), Clement Poitrenaud (Stade Toulousain), Christophe Dominici (Stade Fran�ais), Vincent Clerc (Stade Toulousain), Nicolas Brusque (Biarritz), Pepito Elhorga (Agen)