Eight Munster Men In Ireland Squad
23rd November 2017 By The Editor
Peter O’Mahony starts for Ireland against Argentina
The Ireland coaching group have named their final match day squad of the 2017 Guinness Series as Ireland take on Argentina at the Aviva Stadium. There is one new cap in the starting XV.
Munster’s Peter O’Mahony, CJ Stander, Conor Murray and Chris Farrell start with Dave Kilcoyne, John Ryan, Ian Keatley and Andrew Conway among the replacements.
Farrell, who made his debut last week, is paired in the centre with Bundee Aki, who got his first start against South Africa in the opneing game of the Guinness Series.
Leinster’s Adam Byrne will win his first cap for Ireland on the right wing on Saturday with Rob Kearney at fullback and Jacob Stockdale alongside him in the back three.
Jonathan Sexton and Murray resume their partnership in the half backs.
Rory Best returns to captain the team and is joined in the front row by Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong while James Ryan starts in the second row with Iain Henderson.
O’Mahony, Sean O’Brien and Stander return to the backrow.
The replacements are James Tracy, Kilcoyne, Ryan, Devin Toner, Rhys Ruddock, Luke McGrath, Keatley and Conway.
Ireland team & replacements (v Argentina, Guinness Series 2017, Aviva Stadium, Saturday, November 25th, 5.30pm)
15 Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 77 caps
14 Adam Byrne (UCD/Leinster)*
13 Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster) 1 cap
12 Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 1 cap
11 Jacob Stockdale (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 3 caps
10 Johnny Sexton (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 67 caps
9 Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 58 caps
1Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 72 caps
2 Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 105 caps Captain
3 Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 18 caps
4 James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 3 caps
5 Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 33 caps
6 Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 41 caps
7 Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster) 50 caps
8 CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 17 caps
Replacements
16 James Tracy (UCD/Leinster) 5 caps
17 Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 21 caps
18 John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 10 caps
19 Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 52 caps
20 Rhys Ruddock (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 18 caps
21 Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 5 caps
22 Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster) 6 caps
23 Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 5 caps
*Denotes uncapped player