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.<\/p>\n
Chrish Henry will win his first senior cap for Ireland as number 8!<\/p>\n
Joining him from Ulster will be Paddy Wallace, Tommy Bowe, Andrew Trimble and Dan Tuohy<\/p>\n
This is a cracking team from Ireland, make no mistake, this line-up for Saturday means business.<\/p>\n
Mick O’Driscoll is back with Buckley beginning to fulfill all the promise, not to mention the return of Brian O’Driscoll.<\/p>\n
Game on!<\/p>\n
You can check out the latest on the Ireland Rugby website www.irfu.ie<\/p>\n
Full squad is<\/p>\n
15 – Rob Kearney (UCD\/Leinster)
\n14 – Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
\n13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD\/Leinster) (capt)
\n12 – Paddy Wallace (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\n11 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\n10 – Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College\/Leinster)
\n9 – Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin\/Munster)
\n1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf\/Leinster)
\n2 – Sean Cronin (Buccaneers\/Connacht)
\n3 – Tony Buckley (Shannon\/Munster)
\n4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\n5 – Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\n6 – Niall Ronan (Shannon\/Munster)
\n7 – Shane Jennings (St. Mary’s College\/Leinster)
\n8 – Chris Henry (Ballymena\/Ulster) <\/p>\n
Replacements:<\/p>\n
16 – Damien Varley (Garryowen\/Munster)
\n17 – Tom Court (Malone\/Ulster)
\n18 – Dan Tuohy (Ballymena\/Ulster)
\n19 – Rhys Ruddock (UCD\/Leinster)
\n20 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne\/Leinster)
\n21 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution\/Munster)
\n22 – Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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