O'Callaghan Leads 9 Strong Munster Contingent.
Donncha O'Callaghan will partner his Munster colleague Mick O'Driscoll in the second row against South Africa on Saturday at the Aviva Stadium in the first of the Guinness November Internationals.
Tony Buckley and
David Wallace are the other Munster players in the Brian O'Driscoll led starting XV with
Donnacha Ryan, Denis Leamy, Peter Stringer and
Ronan O'Gara named on the replacements with a decision on
Keith Earls to be made later in the week.
Ireland: R Kearney; T Bowe, B O'Driscoll (capt), G D'Arcy, L Fitzgerald; J Sexton, E Reddan; C Healy, R Best, T Buckley; D O'Callaghan, M O'Driscoll; S Ferris, D Wallace, J Heaslip. Replacements: S Cronin, T Court, D Ryan, D Leamy, P Stringer, R O'Gara, K Earls or A Trimble or P Wallace.
