Ireland head coach Andy Farrell on the Ireland team to play France, the build up to the game and how important the Aviva Stadium crowd will be. Earlier today Farrell named the Ireland side with one change to the starting XV as Rob Herring comes in for the injured Dan Sheehan. 

IRELAND team to play France – Rd 2, 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championship, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Saturday 11^th February, 2023, KO 14.15 (IST)

15. Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 26 caps 14. Mack Hansen (Connacht/Corinthians) 10 caps 13. Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 48 caps 12. Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 10 caps 11. James Lowe (Leinster) 16 caps 10. Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 110 caps (c) 9. Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 101 caps 1. Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 49 caps 2. Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 32 caps 3. Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 28 caps 4. Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 37 caps 5. James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 49 caps 6. Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 90 caps 7. Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 46 caps 8. Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 24 caps Replacements: 16. Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 18 caps 17. Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 49 caps 18. Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 5 caps 19. Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 69 caps 20. Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 34 caps 21. Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 8 caps 22. Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 15 caps 23. Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 42 caps