Shane Jennings has been included to start at openside on the Ireland team to play France tomorrow in the opening game of the Guinness Summer Series.  Jennings comes into the side in place of David Wallace, who picked up a slight hamstring strain during the week and has been stood down from the team as a precaution. It is expected that Wallace will be available for selection for next week’s game against England.

There are a limited number of tickets left for the game against France tomorrow and these can be purchased from Ticketmaster booths located at the junction of Northumberland Road and Lansdowne Road from 1.00pm on the day of the game..

Ireland Team & Replacements (v France, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Saturday, August 20th, kick-off 5.00pm local):

15 – Felix Jones (Shannon/ Munster)

14 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)

13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) Captain

12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)

11 – Keith Earls (Thomond/Munster)

10 – Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)

9 – Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster)

1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)

2 – Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)

3 – Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)

4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)

5 – Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster)

6 – Sean O’Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)

7 – Shane Jennings (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)

8 – Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)

Replacements:

16 – Jerry Flannery (Shannon/ Munster)

17 – Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)

18 – Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers/Connacht)

19 – Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)

20 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)

21 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)

22 – Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/ Leinster)