France v Ireland
Ireland have named an unchanged side for Sunday's rearranged RBS 6 Nations match with France in Paris, with the original fixture postponed due to a frozen pitch. Declan Kidney, the Irish coach, has kept faith with the same players that defeated Italy 42-10 last weekend.
Scrum-half Conor Murray has held off the challenge of Eoin Reddan, who impressed after coming off the bench against the Italians. Lock Donncha O'Callaghan and openside Sean O'Brien have also retained their places.
"The lads who came on against Italy did exceptionally well and made a hugely positive impact," said Kidney. "But I had to weigh that up against those who did a lot of the unseen work."
Ireland's record in Paris makes for grim reading having won in the French capital just twice since 1952. However, Paul O'Connell believes Ireland can benefit from their experience. "We've all been to hostile environments in the past," said the Ireland captain.
The French have made two changes to the side that won at Murrayfield. Clement Poitrenaud will replace Maxime Medard, who has been ruled out for nine months, with a knee injury. Julien Bonnaire also replaces Louis Picamoles.
france (v Ireland, Stade de France, Paris, Saturday, 3pm): C Poitrenaud (Toulouse); V Clerc (Toulouse), A Rougerie (Clermont Auvergne), W Fofana (Clermont Auvergne), J Malzieu (Clermont Auvergne); F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), M Parra (Clermont Auvergne); J-B Poux (Toulouse), D Szarzewski (Stade Francais), N Mas (Perpignan), P Pape (Stade Francais), Y Maestri (Toulouse), T Dusautoir (Toulouse, capt), J Bonnaire (Clermont Auvergne), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz).
Substitutes: W Servat (Toulouse), V Debaty (Clermont Auvergne), L Nallet (Racing Metro), L Picamoles (Toulouse), J Dupuy (Stade Francais), L Beauxis (Toulouse), M Mermoz (Perpignan)
ireland R Kearney (Leinster); T Bowe (Ospreys), K Earls (Munster), G D'Arcy (Leinster), A Trimble (Ulster); J Sexton (Leinster), C Murray (Munster); C Healy (Leinster), R Best (Ulster), M Ross (Leinster), D O'Callaghan (Munster), P O'Connell (Munster, capt), S Ferris (Ulster), S O'Brien (Leinster), J Heaslip (Leinster).
Substitutes: S Cronin (Leinster), T Court (Ulster), D Ryan (Munster), P O'Mahony (Munster), E Reddan (Leinster), R O'Gara (Munster), F McFadden (Leinster)
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