Lievremont also opted to retain the 5ft 5in wing Marc Andreu - who scored his first try for France against Italy and set up Yannick Jauzion for another on his firstTeststart - ahead of the more physically imposing Julien Malzieu.
The tourists, who replaced Ian Butler with Hamish Marshall in the line-up that won last week's firstTest by an innings and 99 runs, made a stuttering start.