Marcus Horan will join his Munster collegue John Hayes in the Ireland front roe for the RBS Six Nations Championship game against France at Lansdowne Road, (Saturday, March 8th 2003at 14.00hrs). Horan wins his 9th cap in an Irish pack that includes Anthony Foley at number 8.

Ronan O'Gara has been named on the bench with David Humphreys preferred as starter in the pivotal number 10 position.

15 - Girvan Dempsey (Leinster/Terenure College) 14 - Geordan Murphy (Leicester) 13 - Brian O'Driscoll (Leinster/Blackrock College) Captain 12 - Kevin Maggs (Bath) 11 - Denis Hickie (Leinster/St. Mary's College) 10 - David Humphreys (Ulster/Dungannon) 9 - Peter Stringer (Munster/Shannon)

1 - Marcus Horan (Munster/Shannon) 2 - Shane Byrne (Leinster/Blackrock College) 3 - John Hayes (Munster/Shannon) 4 - Gary Longwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 5 - Malcolm O'Kelly (Leinster/St. Mary's College) 6 - Victor Costello (Leinster/St. Mary's College) 7 - Keith Gleeson (Leinster/St. Mary's College) 8 - Anthony Foley (Munster/Shannon)

Replacements: 16 - Frank Sheahan (Munster/Cork Constitution), 17 - Justin Fitzpatrick (Ulster/Dungannon), 18 - Leo Cullen (Leinster/Blackrock College), 19 - Alan Quinlan (Munster/Shannon), 20 - Guy Easterby (Llanelli), 21 - Ronan O'Gara (Munster/Cork Constitution), 22 - A.N. Other

Players not considered because of injury: Jonathon Bell (Ulster/Dungannon), Justin Bishop (London Irish), Emmet Byrne (Leinster/St. Mary's College), Reggie Corrigan (Leinster/Lansdowne), Shane Horgan (Leinster/Lansdowne), Tyrone Howe (Ulster/Dungannon), Paul O'Connell (Munster/Young Munster), David Wallace (Munster/Garryowen), Paul Wallace (Leinster/Blackrock College), Keith Wood (Harlequins).