Peter Stringer, Ronan O'Gara & John Hayes have been relegated to the bench where they will be joined by Munster colleagues Mick O'Driscoll & Jerry Flannery for the game against Romania

It leaves the Munster representation in the starting XV at just three with Marcus Horan, Donncha O'Callaghan and Denis Leamy retained for the final match in the autumn international series.

Ireland: G Murphy; S Horgan, A Trimble, G D'Arcy, T Bowe; D Humphreys, capt, K Campbell; M Horan, S Byrne, S Best, D O'Callaghan, L Cullen, N Best, J O'Connor, D Leamy.
Replacements: J Flannery, J Hayes, M O'Driscoll, S Easterby, P Stringer, R O'Gara, G Dempsey.