Ireland have named a 40-man Under-21 squad for back-to-back games against France this weekend.
The Irish will select two teams from the squad to play France at the French national rugby centre in Marcoussis, near Paris. Both games will be played on Saturday afternoon.
Ireland Under-21 squad: Best (Belfast), Bowe (Queen's University), Cogan (Cork Constitution), Corrigan (UCD), Crawford (UCD), Croke (UCD), Danagher (UL Bohs), Fitzpatrick (Belfast), Fogarty (Garryowen), Gannon (UCD), Hartigan (UL Bohs), Hayes (UCD), Humphreys (Ballymena), Keeshan (Presentation Boys College), Kelly (Buccanneers), Kennedy (UCD), S Keogh (UCC), Lane (UCC), Lyne (Lansdowne), McAllister (Terenure), McComish (Ballymena), McGovern (Old Crescent), McClelland (London Irish), Matthews (UL Bohs), Maxwell (Garryowen), Minnis (Belfast), Muldoon (Galwegians), D Murphy (UL Bohs), C Murphy (Sundays Well), Nihill (Garryowen), O'Brien (UCC), O'Connor (Cork Constitution), O'Gorman (Saracens), C O'Loughlin (Buccanneers), F O'Loughlin (Shannon), Patterson (Coleraine), Quigley (Trinity), Rainey (Glasgow), Ronan (Lansdowne), Shaw (London).