Congratulations to Gavin Duffy, who has been named amongst the replacements in the Ireland team to play France in the Six Nations Championship in Dublin on Saturday (12th March), kick-off 1.30pm.
Duffy won his second cap when coming off the bench in the 40-13 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield last month; a match in which he scored his first try for his country.
In addition to their win over Scotland, Ireland go into Saturday's match having defeated Italy and England in the tournament so far.
The full Irish team is as follows:
15. Geordan Murphy (Leicester), 14. Girvan Dempsey (Leinster), 13. Brian O'Driscoll (Leinster)(Capt), 12. Kevin Maggs (Ulster), 11. Denis Hickie (Leinster), 10. Ronan O'Gara (Munster), 9. Peter Stringer (Munster), 8. Anthony Foley (Munster), 7. Johnny O'Connor (Wasps), 6. Simon Easterby (Llanelli), 5. Paul O'Connell (Munster), 4. Malcolm O'Kelly (Leinster), 3. John Hayes (Munster), 2. Shane Byrne (Leinster), 1. Reggie Corrigan (Leinster)
Replacements: 16. Frankie Sheahan (Munster), 17. Marcus Horan (Munster), 18. Donncha O'Callaghan (Munster), 19. Eric Miller (Leinster), 20. Guy Easterby (Leinster), 21. David Humphreys (Ulster),
22. Gavin Duffy (NEC Harlequins)