Cullen to lead way against beefy French

LEO CULLEN gets another crack at captaining Ireland when Declan Kidney’s outfit switch from the rain of Edinburgh to the good weather in Bordeaux tomorrow night.

Cullen, who became Ireland’s 100th captain last weekend in the absence of the injured Brian O’Driscoll, is one of just seven survivors from the Irish starting team beaten at the death by Scotland.

Keith Earls, Ronan O’Gara, Eoin Reddan, Cian Healy, Rory Best, Mike Ross, Donncha O’Callaghan and Sean O’Brien come in for Fergus McFadden, Jonathan Sexton, Tomás O’Leary, Tom Court, Sean Cronin, Tony Buckley, Mike McCarthy and Niall Ronan respectively.