Zebo Wins His First cap

Simon Zebo will make his senior Irish international debut on Saturday against the All Blacks at Eden Park.

He is one of two new caps – Declan Fitzpatrick the other – in an Ireland side that includes four of his Munster colleagues in the starting XV and two more on the bench.

Ireland: (v New Zealand, Steinlager Series, Eden Park, Auckland, Saturday, June 9, (kick-off 8.35am Irish time)

15 – Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
14 – Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
13 – Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
12 – Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
11 – Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)
10 – Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
9 – Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
2 – Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3 – Declan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster)
4 – Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)
5 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
6 – Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
7 – Sean O'Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)
8 – Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)

Replacements:

16 – Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
17 – Ronan Loughney (Galwegians/Connacht) *
18 – Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
19 – Kevin McLaughlin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
20 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21 – Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
22 – Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)