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, 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).
