8 Munster Players on Irish Team

8 Munster players have been selected on the Irish team to play England in the RBS Six Nations Championship at Lansdowne Road, Dublin on Sunday, March 30th 2003 at 14.00hrs.

8 Munster players have been selected on the Irish team to play England in the RBS Six Nations Championship at Lansdowne Road, Dublin on Sunday, March 30th 2003 at 14.00hrs.

Irish Team to play England:

15 Geordan Murphy (Leicester) 14 Justin Bishop (London Irish) 13 Brian O Driscoll (Leinster/Blackrock College) Captain 12 Kevin Maggs (Bath) 11 Denis Hickie (Leinster/St. Mary s College) 10 David Humphreys (Ulster/Dungannon) 9 Peter Stringer (Munster/Shannon)

1 Marcus Horan (Munster/Shannon) 2 Shane Byrne (Leinster/Blackrock College) 3 John Hayes (Munster/Shannon) 4 Gary Longwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 5 Malcolm O Kelly (Leinster/St. Mary s College) 6 Victor Costello (Leinster/St.Mary s College) 7 Keith Gleeson (Leinster/St. Mary s College) 8 Anthony Foley (Munster/Shannon)

Replacements: 16 Frank Sheahan (Munster/Cork Constitution), 17 Justin Fitzpatrick (Ulster/Dungannon), 18 Paul O Connell (Munster/Young Munster), 19 Alan Quinlan (Munster/Shannon), 20 Guy Easterby (Llanelli), 21 Ronan O Gara (Munster/Cork Constitution), 22 Girvan Dempsey (Leinster/Terenure College)

Not considered because of injury:

Jonathan Bell (Ulster/Dungannon) {Shoulder}, Reggie Corrigan (Leinster/Lansdowne) {Wrist}, Rob Henderson (Munster/Young Munster) {Ankle}, Shane Horgan (Leinster/Lansdowne) {Thigh}, David Wallace (Munster/Garryowen) {Shoulder}, Paul Wallace (Lenister/Blackrock College) {Shoulder}, Keith Wood (Harlequins) {Shoulder}.