Stringer's peformance against Eoin Reddan in Thomond Park was not deemed good enough to oust the Wasps number 9 from the starting XV and Stringer joins Munster colleagues Tony Buckley and Mick O'Driscoll on the replacements list.

Ireland: G Dempsey; A Trimble, B O'Driscoll capt, G D'Arcy, G Murphy; R O'Gara, E Reddan; M Horan, R Best, J Hayes; D O'Callaghan, M O'Kelly; S Easterby, D Wallace, D Leamy. Replacements: B Jackman, T Buckley, M O'Driscoll, J Heaslip, P Stringer, P Wallace, R Kearney.