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Rugby-France lose injured flanker Chouly for Ireland trip

PARIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - France will be without flanker Damien Chouly away to Ireland in the Six Nations after he sustained an ankle injury during training on Monday, the French federation said. Chouly is being replaced in the squad for Saturday's game by Raphael Lakafia, who is joining the group in Nice. France started their campaign with a 19-16 defeat by England at Twickenham before beating Scotland 22-16 at home. (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Ken Ferris)