France captain to miss Nov Internationals

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France captain Thierry Dusautoir has been ruled out of November internationals with knee injury.

23 October,2012 09:25 pm

Dusautoirs place in the initial 33-man squad will be taken by Toulouse teammate Yannick Nyanga, who won the last of his 25 caps in the third-place play-off against Argentina in the 2007 World Cup.Dusautoir, capped 54 times for France, twisted his knee in a tackle in Toulouses 33-21 victory over Treviso in European Cup action on Saturday.Les Bleus autumn international series kicks off against Australia on November 10, before matches against Argentina and Samoa on the following weekends.