Five Munster Men To Start Against Australia

The Ireland coaching group have named the matchday squad that will take on Australia in the first Test of the Series at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday morning (11.05am Irish time). In the absence through injury of Rory Best, Peter O'Mahony will captain the team. O'Mahony first led Ireland on the summer tour to USA and Canada back in 2013. The Cork man is one of five Munster players in the starting XV along with Keith Earls, Conor Murray, John Ryan and CJ Stander. O'Mahony is joined in the backrow by Jordi Murphy at openside and Stander at No.8. James Ryan and Iain Henderson partner up in the second row. In the front row Rob Herring wins his 4th cap at hooker packing down alongside Jack McGrath and Ryan in a new look front row. Rob Kearney is named at fullback and is joined in the back three by Jacob Stockdale and Earls. Robbie Henshaw returns to team and is reunited with Bundee Aki in the centre. Joey Carbery is named at outhalf with Murray as his half-back partner. The replacements named are Sean Cronin, Cian Healy, Tadhg Furlong, Quinn Roux, Jack Conan, Kieran Marmion, Johnny Sexton and Jordan Larmour. The games will be broadcast live on Sky Sports (TV) and RTE 2FM (Radio). Supporters can follow all the news from the summer tour via the IRFU's website and social media channels. Ireland Team & Replacements (v Australia, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Saturday June 9, 8pm Aus/11am IRL) 15 Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 83 caps 14 Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 67 caps 13 Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 33 caps 12 Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 7 caps 11 Jacob Stockdale (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 9 caps 10 Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Leinster) 10 caps 9 Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 64 caps 1 Jack McGrath (St Mary's College/Leinster) 47 caps 2 Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 3 caps 3 John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 13 caps 4 James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 8 caps 5 Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 38 caps 6 Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 47 caps capt 7 Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster) 20 caps 8 CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 23 caps Replacements 16 Sean Cronin (St Mary's College/Leinster) 61 caps 17 Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 78 caps 18 Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 23 caps 19 Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht) 5 caps 20 Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 7 caps 21 Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht) 21 caps 22 Johnny Sexton (St Mary's College/Leinster) 73 caps 23 Jordan Larmour (St Mary's College/Leinster) 3 caps