France name team to visit Ireland in Six Nations round two

Fabien Galthie has named a France team to play Ireland this Saturday in Dublin that shows no changes from last Sunday’s Guinness Six Nations round one win over Italy in Rome. The French stumbled to a 29-24 Stadio Olimpico success, but Galthie has responded by keeping faith with the same starting XV.

The only two alterations take place on the bench where back-rower Francois Cros and scrum-half Baptiste Couilloud are named as replacements in place of Thomas Lavault and Nolann Le Garrec, subs who didn’t get to play in Rome.

FRANCE (vs Ireland, Saturday – 2:15pm): T Ramos; D Penaud, G Fickou, Y Moefana, E Dumortier; R Ntamack, A Dupont; C Baille, J Marchand, U Atonio, T Flament, P Willemse, A Jelonch, C Ollivon, G Alldritt. Reps: G Barlot, R Wardi, S Falatea, R Taofifenua, F Cros, S Macalou, B Couilloud, M Jalibert.

“I think we can cause some problems” James Lowe looking ahead to tough test against France

“I think we can cause some problems” James Lowe looking ahead to tough test against France