Kidney Names Ireland Team Today

Declan Kidney will name the Ireland side to play the Barabarians (Friday) at a lunchtime press conference in Limerick today.

The Ireland squad train this morning in Thomond Park and will have a Captains Run there tomorrow ahead of Friday's game with the speculation being that the side Kidney selects will contain some of the lesser known faces.

With the games against the All Blacks, New Zealand Maori and Australia immediately ahead expect to see the likes of Niall Ronan, Tony Buckley and Sean Cronin included while doubt remains over the fitness of Keith Earls who is recovering from a groin strain.

Ireland (Possible):  G Murphy; S Horgan, B O'Driscoll, P Wallace, A Trimble; R O'Gara, P Stringer; M Horan, S Cronin, T Buckley, D Touhy, M O'Driscoll; J Muldoon, N Ronan, C Henry.

Barbarians: P Warwick; D Smith, C Lualala, S Rabeni, C Heymans; B James, P Mignoni; D Barnes, S Brits,C Johnston; J Thion, M O'Kelly; A Quinlan, G Smith, X Rush. Replacements: B August, J White, R So'oialo, M Williams, B Kelleher, J-B Elissalde, F Estebanez or P Sackey.