Ireland U20 coach Mike Ruddock has made three personnel and once positional change to the team to face France in the Stade Maurice Trelut on Friday night.
The UCD half-back combination of Nick McCarthy and Ross Byrne are replaced by Jack Cullen from Bruff and Lansdowne's Conor McKeon, respectively.
Cian Kelleher switches from the wing to full-back with David Busby taking a place among the replacements and Alex Wootton coming into the side on the wing.
Sean O'Brien continues as captain and is again partnered by Ross Molony in the second row. A win for Ireland U20 will secure a top half finish and deny the French the grand slam.
"The result against Italy got us back on track and this weekend we face a strong French outfit that are going for the Grand Slam,” said Ruddock. “We have brought in a couple of new faces and there is an opportunity for these players to show what they can deliver against quality opposition.”
IRELAND Under-20s: 15 C Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster); 14 A Wootton (Garryowen/Munster), 13 D Goggin (Young Munster/Munster), 12 P Robb (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster), 11 A Byrne (UCD/Leinster); 10 C McKeon (Lansdowne/Leinster), 9 J Cullen (Bruff/Leinster); 1 P Dooley (Lansdowne/Leinster), 2 M Abbott (Cork Constitution/Munster), 3 R Burke (Cork Constitution/Munster); 4 S O'Brien (Galwegians/Connacht, Capt), 5 R Molony (UCD/Leinster), 6 P Timmins (UCD/Leinster), 7 R Moloney (Buccaneers/Connacht), 8 J O'Donoghue (UL Bohemians/Munster).
Replacements: 16 S McNulty (UCD/Munster), 17 D Coulson (Lansdowne/Leinster), 18 O Heffernan (Lansdowne/Leinster), 19 S Gardiner (Lansdowne/Leinster), 20 F Taggart (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), 21 N McCarthy (UCD/Leinster), 22 R Byrne (UCD/Leinster), 23 D Busby (QUB/Ulster).
Live television coverage of the U20 Six Nations meeting of Ireland v France from 19:35 on Friday 14 March on RTÉ Two and RTE.ie (Ireland only).
