Ireland U21 team to play France U21 on Friday : Irish Rugby

The Ireland U21 team to play France U21 on Friday February 13th with a 7:30pm kick off at Stade Beau Blanc in Limoges has been announced.

Ireland U21 Team:

15. Andrew Finn (Dolphin) 14. Richard Lane (UCC) 13. John Hearty (Blackrock College) 12. Glen Telford (Dungannon) 11. Tommy Bowe (QUB) 10. Gareth Steenson (QUB) 9. Tomas O'Leary (Cork Constitution)

1. John Wickham (Clontarf)

2. Denis Fogarty (Cork Constitution) 3. Declan Fitzpatrick (Belfast Harlequins) 4. David Gannon (Blackrock College) - CAPTAIN 5. Shane O'Connor (Cork Constitution) 6. Brendan O'Connor (Cork Constitution) 7. Oisin Hennessy (Dungannon) 8. Jamie Heaslip (DU)

Replacements: 16 - Conor Geoghegan (UCD), 17 - Stephen Bennett (Bath) 18 - Neil McComb (Dundee HSFP), 19 - David O'Brien (Old Belvedere), 20 - Robbie Shaw (London Wasps), 21 - Michael Glancy (Loughborough University), 22 - Breffne O'Donnell (UL Bohemians).

Commenting on Ireland's 26-21 second Test victory over Australia, scrum half Conor Murray said: "We had a few wrongs we needed to right this week and I think we did that. It was tough at times, it went down to the wire, and it was another unbelievably tough Test match. It's an exciting week now to go to Sydney."

Head coach Joe Schmidt and Ireland captain Peter O'Mahony on the team's hard fought win in Melbourne to level the test series ahead of the final game in Sydney.

Centre Chris Farrell had a NatWest 6 Nations debut to remember as his man-of-the-match performance helped Ireland to a 37-27 bonus point win over Wales at the Aviva Stadium.