Ireland hold out hope Earls will be fit for France

Ireland are set to make a decision over winger Keith Earls availability to France in Paris this Saturday as Garry Ringrose was ruled out of the Six Nations finale.

The IRFU issued a squad update on Monday morning, also announcing that Ulster's John Cooney had been added to Andy Farrell's training group as cover at scrum-half for James on Gibson-Park, who reported hamstring tightness following his Test debut off the bench in last Saturday's 50-17 victory over Italy.