Chris Taylor continues in the front row, while Conor Joyce starts at blindside flanker with Ballynahinch’s John Donnan named in the second-row.
Ireland beat Australia and Fiji but lost narrowly to New Zealand in their Pool games.
Ireland Under-20 Team to play France Under-20 (IRB Junior World Championship, Stade Henri Desgrange, La Roche-sur-Yon, Tuesday, 18th June, kick-off 20.15hrs local time/19.15hrs Irish Time)
15 - Rory Scholes (Belfast Harlequins /Ulster)
14 - Darren Sweetnam (UCC/Munster)
13 - Thomas Farrell (Lansdowne/Leinster)
12 - Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster)
11 - Alex Wootton (Northampton Saints/ Exile)
10 - Steve Crosbie (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
9 - Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) Captain
1 - Peter Dooley (Lansdowne/Leinster)
2 - Bryan Byrne (UCD/Leinster)
3 - Christopher Taylor (Malone/Ulster)
4- Sean McCarthy (Shannon/Munster)
5- John Donnan (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
6 - Conor Joyce (Malone/Ulster)
7- Josh Van Der Flier (UCD/Leinster)
8 - Ryan Murphy (Dolphin/Munster)
Replacements:
16 - George McGuigan (Newcastle Falcons/Exile)
17- Edward Byrne (UCD /Leinster)
18 - Adam Boland (Lansdowne/Connacht)
19 - Peadar Timmins (UCD/Leinster)
20 - Jack O'Donoghue (UL Bohemians/Munster)
21 - David Shanahan (Clontarf/Leinster)
22- Mark Roche (Lansdowne/Connacht)
23- David Panter (Corinthians/Connacht)