French captain sidelined
French coach Philippe Saint-Andre revealed on Monday that Dusauroir has been sidelined with a knee injury.
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The 33-year-old flanker, who sat out Saturday's 19-14 loss to the world Cup hosts at Twickenham, "will be at 100 percent on September 5" assured Saint-Andre, the date of France's final World Cup warm-up against Scotland.
Dusautoir suffered from severe bruising of the knee during training 10 days ago.
The World Cup begins on September 18 with the final on October 31 at Twickenham.
Source: AFP