Ireland name Under-21 squad

Ireland have named a 40-man Under-21 squad for back-to-back games against France this weekend.

Ireland will select two teams from the squad to play France at the French national rugby centre in Marcoussis, near Paris.

Both games will be played on Saturday afternoon and the Irish management have included three English-based players – Nicholas McClelland of London Irish, Saracens’ Patrick O’Gorman and Robbie Shaw of Wasps.

Ireland Under-21 squad to face France this weekend:

Best (Belfast), Bowe (Queen’s University), Cogan (Cork Constitution), Corrigan (UCD), Crawford (UCD), Croke (UCD), Danagher (UL Bohs), Fitzpatrick (Belfast), Fogarty (Garryowen), Gannon (UCD), Hartigan (UL Bohs), Hayes (UCD), Humphreys (Ballymena), Keeshan (Presentation Boys College), Kelly (Buccanneers), Kennedy (UCD), S Keogh (UCC), Lane (UCC), Lyne (Lansdowne), McAllister (Terenure), McComish (Ballymena), McGovern (Old Crescent), McClelland (London Irish), Matthews (UL Bohs), Maxwell (Garryowen), Minnis (Belfast), Muldoon (Galwegians), D Murphy (UL Bohs), C Murphy (Sundays Well), Nihill (Garryowen), O’Brien (UCC), O’Connor (Cork Constitution), O’Gorman (Saracens), C O’Loughlin (Buccanneers), F O’Loughlin (Shannon), Patterson (Coleraine), Quigley (Trinity), Rainey (Glasgow), Ronan (Lansdowne), Shaw (London).