The Ireland team to play Argentina in the permanent tsb international in Lansdowne Road on Saturday, 27th November at 17.30hrs is as follows:

15 Girvan Dempsey (Leinster Terenure College) 14 Geordan Murphy (Leicester) 13 Brian O Driscoll (Leinster - Blackrock College) Captain 12 Shane Horgan (Leinster Lansdowne) 11 Denis Hickie (Leinster St. Mary s College) 10 Ronan O Gara (Munster Cork Constitution) 9 Peter Stringer (Munster Shannon) 1 Reggie Corrigan (Leinster Greystones) 2 Shane Byrne (Leinster Blackrock College) 3 John Hayes (Munster Bruff) 4 Malcolm O Kelly (Leinster St. Mary s College) 5 Paul O Connell (Munster Young Munster) 6 Simon Easterby (Llanelli) 7 Johnny O Connor (Wasps) 8 Anthony Foley (Munster Shannon) Replacements: 16 Frank Sheahan (Munster Cork Constitution), 17 Marcus Horan (Munster Shannon), 18 Donncha O Callaghan (Munster Cork Constitution), 19 Eric Miller (Leinster Terenure College), 20 Guy Easterby (Leinster Blackrock College), 21 David Humphreys (Ulster Dungannon), 22 Kevin Maggs (Ulster Belfast Harlequins). Not considered due to injury: Victor Costello (Leinster - St. Mary s College), Kieran Dawson (London Irish), Gordon D Arcy (Leinster - Lansdowne), Keith Gleeson (Leinster St. Mary s College), John Kelly (Munster Cork Constitution), Neil McMillan (Ulster Ballymena), John O Sullivan (Connacht Garryowen), David Wallace (Munster Garryowen), Roger Wilson (Ulster - Belfast Harlequins).