Joe Schmidt has named the Ireland team to take on France in Paris in the second round of the RBS 6 Nations on Saturday.
There are three changes from the team that drew with Wales on the opening weekend. Sean O’Brien and Rob Kearney are passed fit and take the places of Tommy O’Donnell and Simon Zebo (who has taken a knock) respectively, while Keith Earls also isn’t 100% and is replaced by Dave Kearney.
IRELAND TEAM TO PLAY FRANCE
15. Rob Kearney 14. Andrew Trimble 13. Jared Payne 12. Robbie Henshaw 11. Dave Kearney 10. Jonathan Sexton 9. Conor Murray; 1. Jack McGrath 2. Rory Best 3. Nathan White 4. Devin Toner 5. Mike McCarthy 6. CJ Stander 7. Sean O’Brien 8. Jamie Heaslip
Replacements: 16. Richardt Strauss 17. James Cronin 18. Tadhg Furlong 19. Donnacha Ryan 20. Tommy O’Donnell 21. Eoin Reddan 22. Ian Madigan 23. Fergus McFadden
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