L’Irlanda ha sciolto il dubbio su chi indosserà la maglia numero 10 sabato contro la Francia: l’apertura titolare sarà Paddy Jackson che ha vinto la concorrenza di Ian Madigan che siederà in panchina; l’altro uncapped (oltre a Madigan) è Stephen Archer pilone di Munster.

Questo quindi il riepilogo completo della squadra di Declan Kidney:
15 – Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster/44)
14 – Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster/16)
13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster/123)
12 – Luke Marshall (Ballymena/Ulster/1)
11 – Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster/37)
10 – Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster/1)
9 – Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster/17)
1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster/37)
2 – Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster/65)
3 – Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster/27)
4 – Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers/Connacht/8)
5 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster/26)
6 – Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster/12)
7 – Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster/25)
8 – Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster/55) Captain

A disposizione
16 – Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster/24)
17 – David Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster/5)
18 – Stephen Archer (Cork Constitution/Munster/)*
19 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster/93)
20 – Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster/3)
21 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster/49)
22 – Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)*
23 – Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College /Leinster/24)

*uncapped