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23rd February 2017
01:54pm GMT

Schmidt dismissed concerns of Sexton being ready for the match after missing a month of action with a calf injury.
"No, not really. Johnny has done a lot of conditioning in that period. Fitness is not really an issue for Johnny. It was just making sure he was fully fit, and he is... "He was frustrated missing those first two so now he's excited."Schmidt said Jackson took the news 'with a smile' and said he'd be ready, when needed, off the bench. Also coming onto the bench are the Ulster pair of Iain Henderson and Andrew Trimble, and Munster captain Peter O'Mahony. "We're not as cohesive as we want to be," said Schmidt. "In the first Six Nations I was involved in, we only had 17 starters across all [five] games. That gave us continuity." Schmidt described France as 'really dangerous' and conceded that they let a winning position slip against England in their opener. Ireland vs. France kicks off at 4:50pm this Saturday at the Aviva Stadium.
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