{"id":16707,"date":"2011-09-30T22:17:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T22:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=16707"},"modified":"2011-09-30T22:17:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T22:17:24","slug":"rugby-world-cup-ireland-rugby-i-xv-to-play-italy-rugby-team-i-xv-team-announced-rory-best-stephen-ferris-to-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/rugby-world-cup-ireland-rugby-i-xv-to-play-italy-rugby-team-i-xv-team-announced-rory-best-stephen-ferris-to-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby World Cup: Ireland Rugby I XV To Play Italy Rugby Team I XV: Team Announced ~ Rory Best, Stephen Ferris To Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ireland Team To Play Italy
\nFor immediate release: Friday 30th September 2011
\nIssued on behalf of The Irish Rugby Football Union
\nThe Ireland team to play Italy in the final Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Italy this Sunday shows eight changes and one positional switch to the starting side that played Russia in the last game. <\/p>\n

Tommy Bowe comes onto the right wing in place of Fergus McFadden. Captain Brian O\u2019Driscoll and Gordon D\u2019Arcy are named as the centre pairing in place of Paddy Wallace and Keith Earls, who retains his place in the side and moves to the left wing. Conor Murray is named at scrumhalf in place of Isaac Boss.
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\nHooker Rory Best and prop Mike Ross return to the starting front row with Paul O\u2019Connell coming into the second row in place of Leo Cullen. The final change sees Stephen Ferris named in the back row instead of Donnacha Ryan who moves into the replacements.
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\nIRELAND Team & Replacements (v Italy, 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Otago Stadium, Sunday, October 2, kick-off 8:30pm local time\/8:30am Irish time):<\/p>\n

15 – Robert Kearney (UCD\/Leinster)
\n14 – Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
\n13 – Brian O\u2019Driscoll (UCD\/Leinster) Captain
\n12 – Gordon D\u2019Arcy (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n11 – Keith Earls (Young Munster\/Munster)
\n10 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\n9 – Conor Murray (Garryowen\/Munster)
\n1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf\/Leinster)
\n2 – Rory Best (Banbridge\/Ulster)
\n3 – Mike Ross (Clontarf\/Leinster)
\n4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\n5 – Paul O\u2019Connell (Young Munster\/Munster)
\n6 – Stephen Ferris (Dungannon\/Ulster)
\n7 – Sean O\u2019Brien (Clontarf\/Leinster)
\n8 – Jamie Heaslip (Naas\/Leinster)<\/p>\n

Replacements:
\n16 – Sean Cronin (Leinster)
\n17 – Tom Court (Malone\/Ulster)
\n18 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon\/Munster)
\n19 – Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\n20 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n21 – Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College\/Leinster)
\n22 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena\/Ulster)<\/p>\n

N.B. All player biographies are available on the Irish Rugby website www.irishrugby.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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