Ireland Squad Named For 6 Nations Opener
28th January 2020 By The Editor
Conor Murray starts against Wales.
New Ireland Head Coach Andy Farrell has named his squad for Saturday’s 6 Nations clash against Scotland with CJ Stander, Conor Murray and Andrew Conway starting the clash as Dave Kilcoyne and Peter O’Mahony are named among the replacements.
Andy Farrell has included two uncapped players as former Ireland U20 captain Caelan Doris will make his Ireland debut on Saturday evening when he lines out at No. 8. The Leinster man is joined in the backrow by Stander and Josh van der Flier.
The front row is made up of Cian Healy, Rob Herring and Tadgh Furlong with Iain Henderson and James Ryan named at lock
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton is joined at half-back by Murray. Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose are named in the centre with Jacob Stockdale and Conway on the wings. Jordan Larmour is named at full-back.
The other uncapped player is Ronan Kelleher, who is named as the replacement hooker. Kelleher is joined in the replacements by Kilcoyne, Andrew Porter, Devin Toner, O’Mahony, John Cooney, Ross Byrne and Robbie Henshaw.
Ireland Team & Replacements (v Scotland, Guinness Six Nations Championship, Aviva Stadium, Saturday 1st February 2020, KO 4.45pm)
15 Jordan Larmour (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 21 caps
14 Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 18 caps
13 Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 28 caps
12 Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 23 caps
11 Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 25 caps
10 Jonathan Sexton (St Marys College/Leinster) 88 caps Captain
9 Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 78 caps
1 Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 95 caps
2 Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 8 caps
3 Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 41 caps
4 Iain Henderson (Queens University/Ulster) 53 caps
5 James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 23 caps
6 CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 38 caps
7 Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 23 caps
8 Caelan Doris (UCD/Leinster)*
Replacements:
16 Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)*
17 Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 36 caps
18 Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 23 caps
19 Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 67 caps
20 Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 64 caps
21 John Cooney (Terenure College/Ulster) 8 caps
22 Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster) 3 caps
23 Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 40 caps
*Denotes uncapped at this level