Six Nations: The Irish team to play France has been announced

The Irish team to play France in the Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship at Stade de France on Saturday has been announced.

The Irish team to play France in the Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship at Stade de France on Saturday, April 6 at 2.45pm (local time), is as follows:

15 Girvan Dempsey (Leinster/Terenure College)

14 Shane Horgan (Leinster/Lansdowne)

13 Brian O’Driscoll (Leinster/Blackrock College)

12 Rob Henderson (Munster/Young Munster)

11 Denis Hickie (Leinster/St. Mary’s College)

10 David Humphreys (Ulster/Dungannon)

9 Peter Stringer (Munster/Shannon)

1 Peter Clohessy (Munster/Young Munster)

2 Keith Wood (Harlequins) Captain

3 John Hayes (Munster/Shannon)

4 Gary Longwell (Ulster/Ballymena)

5 Malcolm O’Kelly (Leinster/St. Mary’s College)

6 Simon Easterby (Llanelli)

7 David Wallace (Munster/Garryowen)

8 Anthony Foley (Munster/Shannon)

Replacements:

16 Shane Byrne (Leinster/Blackrock College),

17 Paul Wallace (Leinster/Blackrock College), 18 Paul O’Connell (Munster/YoungMunster),

19 Keith Gleeson (Leinster/St. Mary’s College), 20 Guy Easterby (Llanelli),

21 Ronan O’Gara (Munster/Cork Constitution), 22 John Kelly (Munster/Cork Constitution).

Not considered:

Kevin Maggs (Bath), Eric Miller (Leinster/Terenure College), Geordan Murphy (Leicester) and Alan Quinlan (Munster/Shannon).