Irish A Team to play France A announced

The Irish A team to play France A in Ravenhill, on Friday, March 7 at 7.30pm is as follows:

15 – Gordon Darcy (Leinster/Lansdowne)

14 – James Topping (Ulster/Ballymena)

13 – Jeremy Staunton (Munster/Garrryowen)

12 – David Quinlan (Leinster/Blackrock College)

11 – Ted Robinson (Connacht/ Buccaneers)

10 – Paul Burke (Harlequins)

9 – Neil Doak (Ulster/Belfast Harlequins) Captain

1 – Ronan McCormack (Connacht/Buccaneers)

2 – Paul Shields (Ulster/Ballymena)

3 – Simon Best (Ulster/Belfast Harlequins)

4 – Donnacha O’Callaghan (Munster/Cork Constitution)

5 – Jeremy Davidson (Ulster/Dungannon)

6 – Simon Easterby (Llanelli)

7 – Kieron Dawson (London Irish)

8 – Eric Miller (Leinster/Terenure College)

Replacements: 16 – James Blaney (Munster/Shannon), 17 – Peter Bracken (Connacht/Galwegians), 18 – Mick O’Driscoll (Munster/ Cork Constitution), 19 – Aidan McCullen (Leinster/Lansdowne), 20 – Brian O’Meara (Leinster/ Cork Constitution), 21 – Barry Everitt (Munster/Shannon) 22 – Mossy Lawlor

(Munster/Shannon),