Canada coach Kieran Crowley has made six changes to his team to play France on Thursday.

The Canucks, who were narrowly defeated by Italy on Saturday, take on a France team who can secure a quarter-final berth with a victory.

Nick Blevins takes the place of the injured Conor Braid at inside centre, as Phil Mack begins at scrum-half and Aaron Carpenter starts at hooker in place of Ray Barkwill.

Three back-row changes see Richard Thorpe and Kyle Gilmour take their places on the flanks, while Brett Beukeboom lines out at second row alongside Jamie Cudmore for the Pool D fixture.

Canada: Matt Evans, Phil Mackenzie, Ciaran Hearn, Nick Blevins, DTH van der Merwe, Nathan Hirayama, Phil Mack; Tyler Ardron, Richard Thorpe, Kyle Gilmour, Jamie Cudmore, Brett Beukeboom, Doug Wooldridge, Aaron Carpenter, Hubert Buydens
Replacements: Ray Barkwill, Djustice Sears-Duru, Andrew Tiedemann, Evan Olmstead, Nanyak Dala, Gordon McRorie, Harry Jones, Conor Trainor