duo selected to play against France
Congratulations to UCD RFC's Brian O'Driscoll and Rob Kearney who have been selected to play for Ireland against France this Saturday in Stade de France.
Brian will be winning his 80th cap. Rob, who won his second cap last Saturday in Croke Park after coming on as a replacement against Italy has been selected for his first start in the 6 Nations.
Best of luck to Brian, Rob and the Irish Team.
15 - Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster) 79
14 - Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers) 54
13 - Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) 80 (capt)
12 - Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 20
11 - Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 2
10 - Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) 78
9 - Eoin Reddan (London Wasps) 6
1 - Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster) 52
2 - Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Leinster) 5
3 - John Hayes (Bruff/Munster) 80
4 - Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 41
5 - Malcolm O'Kelly (St. Mary's College/Leinster) 90
6 - Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster) 28
7 - David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster) 42
8 - Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster) 4
Replacements:
16 - Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 18
17 - Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster) 3
18 - Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) 12
19 - Simon Easterby (Llanelli Scarlets) 63
20 - Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster) 80
21 - Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster) 6
22 - Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster) 58