Carney, Flannery O’Connell in Ireland side to Play Scotland

Brian Carney is the sole Munster player named in the Ireland backline for Saturday’s friendly against Scotland in Murrayfield while Paul O’Connell and Jerry Flannery are named in the pack.

John Hayes, Alan Quinlan and Ronan O’Gara have been named on the bench. Interestingly Eddie O’Sullivan has not named a lock replacement, instead nominating two wing forwards, Quinlan and Gleeson, as cover for the back five which suggests Quinlan might see some action in the second row on Saturday.

15 – Geordan Murphy  Leicester   
14 – Brian Carney   Clonakilty/Munster  
13 – Brian O’Driscoll Captain  UCD/Leinster  
12 – Gavin Duffy   Galwegians/Connacht 
11 – Tommy Bowe   Belfast Harlequins/Ulster 
10 – Paddy Wallace   Ballymena/Ulster  
9 – Isaac Boss   Ballymena/Ulster  

1 – Bryan Young   Ballymena/Ulster  
2 – Jerry Flannery   Shannon/Munster  
3 – Simon Best   Belfast Harlequins/Ulster 
4 – Malcolm O’Kelly   St.Mary’s College/Leinster 
5 – Paul O’Connell   Young Munster/Munster 
6 – Neil Best   Belfast Harlequins/Ulster 
7 – Stephen Ferris   Dungannon/Ulster  
8 – Jamie Heaslip   Clontarf/Leinster 

Replacements:
16 – Rory Best   Belfast Harlequins/Ulster 
17 – John Hayes   Bruff/Munster   
18 – Alan Quinlan   Shannon/Munster  
19 – Keith Gleeson   St.Mary’s College/Leinster 
20 – Eoin Reddan   Wasps   
21 – Ronan O’Gara   Cork Constitution/Munster 
22 – Shane Horgan   Lansdowne/Leinster