O'Mahony back for fully fit Ireland's finale in France

After recovering from a narrow 13-10 defeat by England with a 46-7 thrashing of Italy, Ireland go to Paris with three wins and a +81 points difference, meaning any sort of victory for Joe Schmidt's team will likely bring their second title in 29 years.

Schmidt made one change to the side that hammered the Italians, with Munster's Peter O'Mahony returning from injury to take his place in the back row ahead of Iain Henderson.

Ireland have only beaten France once away from home in 42 years, with their last victory coming 14 years ago when O'Driscoll, who was given an emotional send off in his final home game last weekend, scored a famous hat-trick.

Meanwhile, France manager Phillipe Saint-Andre has made four changes to his side, including a return for forward Louis Picamoles.

Toulouse's Picamoles was dropped for the narrow victory over Scotland last week after being disrespectful to referee Alain Rolland, who showed him a yellow card during France's defeat by Wales in the previous round of matches.

Exciting teenager Gael Fickou comes in at centre in place of Maxime Mermoz who drops to the bench. It will be the 19-year-old's first start in the position in the tournament.

Remi Tales replaces Jules Plisson at fly-half with Dimitri Szarzewski in at hooker for the climax to an absorbing championship that France can only win if they beat Ireland and England fail to beat Italy in Rome.

Picamoles' recall means Sebastien Vahaamahina drops to the bench.

France team: 15-Brice Dulin, 14-Yoann Huget, 13-Mathieu Bastareaud, 12-Gael Fickou, 11-Maxime Medard, 10-Remi Tales, 9-Maxime Machenaud, 8-Damien Chouly, 7-Alexandre Lapandry, 6-Louis Picamoles, 5-Yoann Maestri, 4-Pascal Pape (captain), 3-Nicolas Mas, 2-Dmitry Szarzewski, 1-Thomas Domingo

Replacements: 16-Guilhem Guirado, 17-Vincent Debaty, 18-Rabah Slimani, 19-Alexandre Flanquart, 20-Sebastien Vahaamahina, 21-Wenceslas Lauret, 22-Jean-Marc Doussain, 23-Maxime Mermoz

Ireland team: 15-Rob Kearney, 14-Andrew Trimble, 13-Brian O'Driscoll, 12-Gordon D'Arcy, 11-Dave Kearney, 10-Jonathan Sexton, 9-Conor Murray; 8-Jamie Heaslip, 7-Chris Henry, 6-Peter O'Mahony, 5-Paul O'Connell (captain), 4-Devin Toner, 3-Mike Ross, 2-Rory Best, 1-Cian Healy

Replacements: 16-Sean Cronin, 17-Jack McGrath, 18-Martin Moore, 19-Iain Henderson, 20-Jordi Murphy, 21-Eoin Reddan, 22-Ian Madigan, 23-Fergus McFadden.