Flannery Back In Ireland Starting XV

Jerry Flannery returns to the Ireland starting XV for Saturday’s final international against Argentina while Declan Kidney leaves a place on the bench open pending the appeal against the three week suspension handed down last night to Alan Quinlan.

The other changes see Geordan Murphy come in for Girvan Dempsey at full-back and Stephen Ferris selected at blindside in place of Quinlan.

Ireland: G Murphy; T Bowe, B O’Driscoll capt, L Fitzgerald, R Kearney; R O’Gara, T O’Leary; M Horan, J Flannery, J Hayes; D O’Callaghan, P O’Connell; S Ferris, D Wallace, J Heaslip; Replacements: R Best, T Buckley, M O’Kelly, AN Other, E Reddan, P Wallace, K Earls.