The Ireland team to play Wales in the RBS 6 Nations Championship on Sunday, February 5th in Aviva Stadium has been named.
There are three changes to the side that lined out against the same opposition in Ireland’s last game in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Keith Earls will start at centre alongside Gordon D’Arcy with Andrew Trimble coming into the team on the left wing.
In the half-backs Jonathan Sexton will win his 25th cap and he is partnered by Conor Murray.
The pack is unchanged from the last game with Paul O’Connell wearing the captain’s armband.
The uncapped Peter O’Mahony is named in the replacements.
IRELAND: (15-9) Rob Kearney, Tommy Bowe, Keith Earls, Gordon D’Arcy, Andrew Trimble, Jonathan Sexton, Conor Murray. (1-8) Cian Healy, Rory Best, Mike Ross, Donncha O’Callaghan, Paul O’Connell, Stephen Ferris, Sean O’Brien, Jamie Heaslip. (16-22) Sean Cronin, Tom Court, Donnacha Ryan, Peter O’Mahony, Eoin Reddan, Ronan O’Gara, Fergus McFadden.
WALES: TBA
Nice to see Trimble and Bowe terrorising the wings again. Is that a sign of things to come? Who is Peter . . .
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