Joe Schmidt has named his side to play France this Saturday and as expected Peter O'Mahony replaces Ian Henderson in the back row at the Stade de France.

The Ulster forward return to the bench with Rhys Ruddock dropping out of the 23.

The other major change sees Leinster's Ian Madigan replace Ulster's Paddy Jackson on the bench.

Ireland: Rob Kearney, Andrew Trimble, Brian O'Driscoll, Gordon D'Arcy, Dave Kearney, Jonathan Sexton, Conor Murray, Cian Healy, Rory Best, Mike Ross, Devin Toner, Paul O'Connell, Peter O'Mahony, Chris Henry, Jamie Heaslip.
Replacements: Sean Cronin, Jack McGrath, Marty Moore, Iain Henderson, Jordi Murphy, Eoin Reddan, Ian Madigan, Fergus McFadden.

France have also named their team and Louis Picamoles and Dmitri Szarzewski both return to the pack.

Picamoles is surprisingly named at 6 rather than 8 while 19-year-old Gael Fickou starts in the centre with Remi Tales replacing Jules Plisson at out half .