Ireland 34 man squad for France announced
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Joe Schmidt has released his 34 man squad for Ireland's crunch fixture with France this weekend.
Jonathan Sexton comes back into the fold with Peter O'Mahony also back in for Ireland.
Dan Leavy comes into the 34 man sqaud after an impressive performance on Friday night against Edinburgh. Joining him in the forwards is Connacht second row Quinn Roux and Munster back row Tommy O'Donnell.
While Munster winger Andrew Conway has been awarded for his good form with a call up replacing fellow Munster man Rory Scannell.
See the full 34 man sqaud below:
Forwards (17)
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (c) 101 caps
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 13 caps
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 64 caps
Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster) (vc) 93 caps
Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 29 caps
Dan Leavy (UCD/Leinster) 1 cap
Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster) 38 caps
Sean O'Brien (UCD/Leinster) 46 caps
Tommy O'Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster) 12 caps
Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 37 caps
Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht) 1 cap
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster) 44 caps
John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 3 cap
Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) 1 cap
CJ Stander (Munster) 12 caps
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 44 caps
James Tracy (UCD/Leinster) 2 caps
Backs (17)
Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 68 caps
Andrew Conway (Munster) *
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 56 caps
Craig Gilroy (Bangor/Ulster) 10 caps
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 26 caps
Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster) 21 caps
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 74 caps
Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster) 5 caps
Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht) 10 caps
Luke Marshall (Ballymena/Ulster) 9 caps
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 1 cap
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 55 caps
Tiernan O'Halloran (Buccaneers/Connacht) 3 caps
Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 5 caps
Jonathan Sexton (St Mary's College/Leinster) 63 caps
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 69 caps
Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster) 30 caps
*Denotes uncapped player