He will be joined by fellow Munster player Ronan O' Gara in the backs and a Munster front five of Paul O' Connell, Donncha O' Callaghan, Tony Buckley, Jerry Flannery and Marcus Horan.    

Ireland Team v Canada Saturday 8th November, Thomond Park, ko 17.15

15  Keith Earls* (Young Munster/Munster)
14  Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
13  Brian ODriscoll (UCD/Leinster) Captain
12  Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
11  Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
10  Ronan OGara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
9  Eoin Reddan (Wasps)
1  Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
2  Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
3  Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)
4  Donncha OCallaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5  Paul OConnell (Young Munster/Munster)
6  Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)
7  Shane Jennings (St.Marys College/Leinster)
8  Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)

Replacements to be selected from the following 8:
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster), John Hayes (Bruff/Munster), Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon/Ulster), Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster), David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster), Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster), Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster), Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster)

*Denotes New Cap