Issued on behalf of The Irish Rugby Football Union The Ireland team to play France in the RBS 6 Nations Championship on Saturday, February 11th in Stade de France has been named.
There is one change to the starting XV as Keith Earls returns to the starting XV having missed out on the game against Wales last Sunday. Fergus McFadden moves to the bench in place of David Kearney.
IRELAND Team & Replacements (v France, RBS 6 Nations Championship 2012, Stade de France, Saturday, February 11th, kick-off 9pm/8pm Irish time): 15 – Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 14 – Tommy Bowe (Ospreys) 13 – Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster) 11 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 10 – Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 9 – Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 2 – Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 3 – Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster) 4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 5 – Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster) Captain 6 – Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster) 7 – Sean O’Brien (Clontarf/Leinster) 8 – Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)
Replacements: 16 – Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 17 – Tom Court (Malone/Ulster) 18 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster) 19 – Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)* 20 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster) 21 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) 22 – Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
*Denotes uncapped player
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