France have made seven changes to their run-on side and reshuffled their backline for Saturday's Test against the Wallabies at ANZ Stadium.

Despite recording a rare victory over the All Blacks in New Zealand two weekends ago and following that up with a narrow 14-10 loss, coach Marc Lievremont has decided to experiment as he looks to shape a World Cup-winning outfit.

The changes include a completely different halves pairing to that used in the New Zealand Tests, and one which has not played together before.

Strong kicking duo Dimitri Yachvili and Lionel Beauxis will line up at halfback and five-eighth respectively.

There are also four new faces in the forwards and three positional changes in the backs.

Lievremont named only his starting XV on Wednesday, saying his bench would be revealed after training on Friday "just to keep everyone involved in the preparation".

Five players have returned home with injury but the French will still field a strong side as they seek their first Test win on Australian soil since 1990.

Yachvili said forming a combination with Beauxis would not be a problem.

"We know ourselves well, we play against each other a lot of times and we've tried to train well this week to make a good game on Saturday," the halfback told AAP.

"We are professional, we can play with everybody. The most important thing is for the forwards to put a lot of pressure on this team and to go forward."

Lievremont said he was expecting more of Beauxis, who has replaced exciting youngster Francois Trinh-Duc.

"He's been a bit shy in the past so we're asking him to become the boss of the backline," the coach said.

"For two years we've been looking for a No.9 and a No.10 ... it's been very difficult to find one so that's why we used several No.10s and No.9s.

"Nothing has been decided yet. Even after this tour we are not sure we have found our two players."

Yachvili, who had been slated to play against Australia for the Barbarians earlier this month before his national team call-up, said he had followed the progress of opposite number Luke Burgess.

"He is getting better and better, getting experience with the Super 14 and with the Wallabies so he's a very good scrumhalf," he said.

Wallabies assistant Richard Graham, who spent the last seven years coaching in Europe before returning home this year, said he was surprised at the number of changes.

"The season finished two weeks ago for a lot of them, they've flown to New Zealand, obviously they've had a tough two weeks there," he told reporters.

"(Lievremont's) got a very experienced squad and he probably feels this is his freshest squad and his best chance to beat Australia."

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