Ireland have named an unchanged lineup ahead of their Women's Six Nations showdown against France on Saturday.
Adam Griggs' side come into the clash off the back of an impressive 45-0 demolition of Wales in Cardiff but face a step up in quality in the visitors.
After the game was thrown into doubt last week over government quarantine restrictions, new exemptions for elite athletes paved the way for the Energie Park fixture to go ahead.
And Griggs has opted for more of the same for the second game of the campaign, with two changes amongst the replacements from the Welsh win in Ireland Sevens ace Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe and hooker Emma Hooban coming in.
But he expects the game to give a clearer indication of where his charges are at.
"We know France will be another step up in terms of intensity and physicality and have quality players across the park," said Griggs.
"We have spoken a lot in this group about testing ourselves against world class opposition, Ultimately, we have to stay focused on improving our own game with each performance so to play the fourth ranked team in the world will give us a great indication of where we are currently at."
With the competition split into two pools, Ireland need a win against the French to set up a final against other pool-winners England.
Ireland: Eimear Considine; Lauren Delany, Eve Higgins, Sene Naoupu, Beibhinn Parsons; Hannah Tyrrell, Kathryn Dane; Lindsay Peat, Cliodhna Moloney, Linda Djougang; Aoife McDermott, Nichola Fryday; Dorothy Wall, Claire Molloy, Ciara Griffin (captain).
Replacements: Emma Hooban, Katie O'Dwyer, Laura Feely, Brittany Hogan, Hannah O'Connor, Emily Lane, Stacey Flood, Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe.
