Ireland Unchanged

Irish coach Eddie O’Sullivan has named an unchanged starting XV for Twickenham on Saturday while Mick O’Driscoll will once again lead the A side in the Friday’s game at Kingsholm

Irish coach Eddie O’Sullivan has named an unchanged starting XV for the Triple Crown decider in Twickenham on Saturday with one change to the bench, Johnny O’Connor returning from injury while his replacement las Saturday, Mick O’Driscoll will once again lead the A side in the Friday’s game at Kingsholm

15 – Geordan Murphy (Leicester)
14 – Shane Horgan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
13 – Brian O Driscoll (Capt) (Blackrock College/Leinster)
12 – Gordon D Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
11 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
10 – Ronan O Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
9 – Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
1 – Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
2 – Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
3 – John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
4 Malcolm O Kelly (St. Mary s College/Leinster)
5 Paul O Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
6 – Simon Easterby (Llanelli)
7 – David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
8 – Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Replacements:
16 Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
17 Simon Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
18 Donncha O Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
19 Johnny O Connor (Wasps)
20 Eoin Reddan (Wasps)
21 David Humphreys (Dungannon/Ulster)
22 Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster).

Ireland A (v England Kingsholm Friday 7.45pm).

15 Robert Kearney (U.C.D/Leinster)
14 Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
13 Kieran Lewis (St.Mary s College/Leinster)
12 David Quinlan (Northampton)
11 Ian Dowling (Shannon/Munster)
10 Jeremy Staunton (Wasps)
9 Tomas O Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
1 Ray Hogan (Galwegians/Connacht)
2 John Fogarty (Buccaneers/Connacht)
3 Bryan Young (Ballymena/Ulster)
4 Mick O Driscoll (Capt) (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5 Matt McCullough (Ballymena/Ulster)
6 Neil Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
7 Shane Jennings (Leicester)
8 Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster)

Replacements:
16 Brian Blaney (Terenure College/Leinster), 17 Ronan McCormack (UCD/Leinster)
18 Leo Cullen (Leicester) 19 Roger Wilson (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster),
20 Chris Keane (Buccaneers /Connacht), 21 Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
22 Gavin Duffy (Harlequins)