All the startegy, all the work and preparation, a tough tour, loads of injurys but we think these men lining up on Saturday to play Australia will be part of a spectacle of rugby.
Chrish Henry will win his first senior cap for Ireland as number 8!
Joining him from Ulster will be Paddy Wallace, Tommy Bowe, Andrew Trimble and Dan Tuohy
This is a cracking team from Ireland, make no mistake, this line-up for Saturday means business.
Mick O’Driscoll is back with Buckley beginning to fulfill all the promise, not to mention the return of Brian O’Driscoll.
Game on!
You can check out the latest on the Ireland Rugby website www.irfu.ie
Full squad is
15 – Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
14 – Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
12 – Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
11 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
10 – Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
9 – Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
2 – Sean Cronin (Buccaneers/Connacht)
3 – Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)
4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5 – Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)
6 – Niall Ronan (Shannon/Munster)
7 – Shane Jennings (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
8 – Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster)
Replacements:
16 – Damien Varley (Garryowen/Munster)
17 – Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)
18 – Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)
19 – Rhys Ruddock (UCD/Leinster)
20 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
22 – Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers)
