Leamy takes his place behind an all-Munster front five with Donncha O'Callaghan named as lock partner to Paul O'Connell and Marcus Horan and Frank Sheahan joining John Hayes in the front row.

The Ireland team to play USA in the permanent tsb international in Lansdowne Road on Saturday, 20th November at 13.00hrs is as follows:

15 – Geordan Murphy (Leicester) 14 – Shane Horgan (Leinster – Lansdowne) 13 – Brian O’Driscoll (Leinster - Blackrock) Captain 12 – Kevin Maggs (Ulster – Belfast Harlequins) 11 – Tommy Bowe (Ulster – Belfast Harlequins) 10 – David Humphreys (Ulster – Dungannon) 9 – Guy Easterby (Leinster – Blackrock College) 1 – Marcus Horan (Munster – Shannon) 2 – Frankie Sheahan (Munster – Cork Constitution) 3 – John Hayes (Munster – Bruff) 4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Munster – Cork Con) 5 – Paul O’Connell (Munster – Young Munster) 6 – Simon Easterby (Llanelli) 7 – Denis Leamy (Munster – Cork Constitution) 8 – Eric Miller (Leinster – Terenure College)

Replacements: 16 – Shane Byrne (Leinster – Blackrock College), 17 – Simon Best (Ulster – Belfast Harlequins), 18 – Leo Cullen (Leinster – Blackrock College), 19 – Anthony Foley (Munster – Shannon), 20 – Peter Stringer (Munster – Shannon), 21 – Ronan O’Gara (Munster – Cork Constitution), 22 – Girvan Dempsey (Leinster – Terenure College).

Not considered due to injury:

Neil Best (Ulster – Belfast Harlequins), Victor Costello (Leinster - St. Mary’s College), Kieran Dawson (London Irish), Gordon D’Arcy (Leinster - Lansdowne), Keith Gleeson (Leinster – St. Mary’s College), Anthony Horgan (Munster – Cork Constitution), John Kelly (Munster – Cork Constitution), Neil McMillan (Ulster – Ballymena), John O’Sullivan (Connacht – Garryowen), Alan Quinlan (Munster – Shannon), David Wallace (Munster – Garryowen), Roger Wilson (Ulster - Belfast Harlequins).