Ireland coach Andy Farrell named his team on Wednesday.
Rugby World Cup: Ireland name team to tackle All Blacks in quarter-final
Andy Farrell has unveiled his Ireland match 23 for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup showdown against the All Blacks in Paris.
Ireland coach Andy Farrell named his team on Wednesday.
Ireland boss Andy Farrell has selected an unchanged starting lineup for their last eight clash against New Zealand, but has made two injury enforced changes to the bench.
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THE IRISH TEAM SELECTIONS EXPLAINED
The only two changes to the match-day team from last week’s victory against Scotland are on the bench, with Joe McCarthy replacing Jack Conan and Jimmy O’Brien replacing Stuart McCloskey.
Star wingers Mack Hansen and James Lowe, who were doubtful for this Test, shrugged off their respective injuries to take their places in starting XV.
There are 11 survivors from Ireland’s RWC 2019 quarter-final loss to the All Blacks at Tokyo Stadium – Tadhg Furlong, James Ryan, Peter O’Mahony, Josh van der Flier, Iain Henderson, Conor Murray, Johnny Sexton, Garry Ringrose, Andrew Porter, Dave Kilcoyne, and Tadhg Beirne.
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Ireland – 15 Hugo Keenan; 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe; 10 Johnny Sexton (c), 9 Jamison Gibson-Park; 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Peter O’Mahony; 5 Iain Henderson, 4 Tadhg Beirne; 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Andrew Porter.
Subs: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Joe McCarthy, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Jack Crowley, 23 Jimmy O’Brien.
IRELAND TEAM GRAPHIC
