His fellow Limerick man Keith Earls joins him in the backline, while Donncha O'Callaghan & Paul O'Connell assume their usual partnership in the second row.
Jerry Flannery, Donnacha Ryan, Denis Leamy and Ronan O'Gara are named in the replacements
Ireland XV
15 - Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers)
14 - Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)*
13 - Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) Captain
12 - Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
11 - Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)*
10 - Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)*
9 - Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)*
1 - Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)*
2 - Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3 - Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)*
4 - Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5 - Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
6 - Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)*
7 - Shane Jennings (St.Mary’s College/Leinster)*
8 - Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)*
Replacements:
16 - Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
17 - Tony Buckley (Sale Sharks)*
18 - Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)*
19 - Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
20 - Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21 - Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
22 - Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
*Denotes Rugby World Cup debut
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