The Ireland team to play France in the RBS 6 Nations Championship 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.
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
Ireland play France in the RBS 6 Nations Championship 2012 at Stade de France on Saturday, February 11th with kick-off 9pm/8pm Irish time).
