5 Munster Players To Face Italy
10th March 2016 By Munster Rugby
Ireland Head Coach Joe Schmidt has included 5 Munster players in his starting XV to face Italy in Round 4 of the RBS 6 Nations at the Aviva Stadium this Saturday – KO 1.30pm.
Simon Zebo comes back into the starting line-up at full-back with Conor Murray and Keith Earls remaining in the backline at scrum-half and the left wing respectively.
Second row Donnacha Ryan and back-row CJ Stander also retain their starting positions.
IRELAND team to play Italy – Saturday 12th March, 2016 RBS 6 Nations Championship
15. Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)
14. Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
13. Jared Payne (Ulster)
12. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
11. Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
10. Jonathan Sexton (St Mary's College/Leinster)
9. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
1. Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
2. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (c)
3. Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
4. Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
5. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
6. CJ Stander (Munster)
7. Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)
8. Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster) (vc)
Replacements
16. Sean Cronin (St Mary's College/Leinster)
17. Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
18. Nathan White (Connacht)
19. Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht)
20. Rhys Ruddock (St Mary's College/Leinster)
21. Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht)
22. Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
23. Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
