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Johnny Sexton injured as Ireland team named to take on France

Ireland Fly Half, Jonathon Sexton, has been ruled out of Ireland's 6 Nations clash with France at the Stade De France.

The Leinster man picked up a hamstring strain in training yesterday with Joey Carbery now taking his place.

"The Ireland captain has been ruled out with a hamstring strain sustained in training yesterday," said the union.

Connacht fly-half Jack Carty now comes onto the bench.

Other than that injury-enforced change, Any Farrell has named an unchanged starting 15 for the trip to Paris.

The front row is all Leinster with Andrew Porter, Ronan Kelleher and Tadhg Furlong.

In the second row, James Ryan captains the side in sextons absence and is joined by Tadhg Beirne.

Josh Van Der Flier, Caelan Doris and Jack Conan make up the rest of the pack.

Joey Carbery is partnered by Jamison Gibson Park at scrum-half, while Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose make up the centre partnership.

The back three sees Mack Hanson joined by Andrew Conway on the other wing and Hugo Keenan at full-back.

There are two changes to the bench from last weeks thumping win over Wales.

Ulster's Iain Henderson returns and replaces Ryan Baird n the bench while Robbie Henshaw replaces James Hume. Other than those two, it's the same bench as last week.

The Ireland team and replacements are as follows:

Starting team: Hugo Keenan; Andrew Conway, Garry Ringrose, Bundee Aki, Mack Hansen; Joey Carbery, Jamison Gibson Park; Andrew Porter, Ronan Kelleher, Tadhg Furlong; Tadhg Beirne, James Ryan; Caelan Doris, Josh van der Flier, Jack Conan.

Replacements: Dan Sheehan, Cian Healy, Finlay Bealham, Iain Henderson, Peter O'Mahony, Conor Murray, Jack Carty, Robbie Henshaw.

Kick-off at Stade De France is 4.45PM Irish time

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