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| | Irish Rugby / News Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | Ireland coach Mark McDermott, who has just two players - captain and fly-half Gareth Steenson and wing Paul McKenzie - returning from last year's tournament, in which the Irish lost the final 47-19 to 2003 champions New Zealand, knows his side will have to cut down on errors to beat the French. |
 | | With UCD scrum-half Cillian Willis back from suspension, McDermott has selected just six of March's starters against the French, including the midfield tandem of Andrew Trimble and Greg Stafford, in his XV today. |
 | | Replacements: Frédéric Montagnat (CS Bourgoin-Jallieu), Alexandre Bastin (AS Clermont Auvergne), Aurélien Diotallevi (CS Bourgoin-Jallieu), Gérald Gambetta (Lyon OU), Julien Tomas (RC Montpellier), Thibault Lacroix (Biarritz Olympique), Matthieu Bourret (USA Perpignan). |
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