Ireland v France: teams

Cian Healy has been named at loosehead for Ireland‘s clash against France at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday in the fourth round of the RBS 6 Nations.
The Leinster prop received a three-week ban for stamping on Dan Cole in round 2 but won his appeal last week and was cleared to play from this weekend.
He comes in the front row in place of Tom Court while Connacht‘s Mike McCarthy replaces Munster‘s Donncha O’Callaghan at lock.
In the backs, flyer Craig Gilroy has failed to recover from his groin strain and has been ruled out of the game with Fergus McFadden on the right wing in his place.
Paddy Jackson has recovered from a hamstring injury and will start at fly-half with Ian Madigan coming on the bench.
Declan Fitzpatrick has also been ruled out of the game due to a calf strain and his position among the replacements will also be confirmed later in the week.
Meanwhile, Frederic Michalak has been picked at fly-half for Les Bleus and will partner Mogan Parra in one of three changes to the team that lost 23-13 to England.
The Toulon half-back gets the nod over Francois Trinh-Duc despite failing to impress off the bench at Twickenham.
Their defeat was their third in as many games to see France rooted at the bottom of the table.
The other two changes in the starting XV also come from the back line with Maxime Medard set to make his first start in over a year on the left wing and his Toulouse teammate Floriant Fritz taking over from powerhouse Matthieu Bastareaud in the midfield.
Ireland: Rob Kearney (Leinster), Fergus McFadden (Leinster), Brian O’Driscoll (Leinster), Luke Marshall (Ulster), Keith Earls (/Munster); Paddy Jackson (Ulster), Connor Murray (Munster); Cian Healy (Leinster), Rory Best (Ulster), Mike Ross (Leinster); Mike McCarthy (Connacht), Donnacha Ryan (Munster); Peter O’Mahony (Munster), Sean O’Brien (Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Leinster, Capt.).
Replacements: Sean Cronin (Leinster), David Kilcoyne (Munster), tbc, Donncha O’Callaghan (Munster), Iain Henderson (Ulster), Eoin Reddan (Leinster), Ian Madigan (Leinster), Luke Fitzgerald (Leinster).
France: Yoann Huget; Vincent Clerc, Florian Fritz, Wesley Fofana, Maxime Medard; Frederic Michalak, Morgan Parra; Thomas Domingo, Benjamin Kayser, Nicolas Mas; Christophe Samson, Yoann Maestri; Yannick Nyanga, Thierry Dusautoir (Capt.), Louis Picamoles.
Replacements: Guilhem Guirado, Vincent Debaty, Luc Ducalcon, Sebastien Vahaamahina, Antonie Claassen, Maxime Machenaud, Francois Trinh-Duc, Mathieu Bastareaud.