Ireland Team Named For England Test

The Guinness Series continues with Ireland taking on England in Twickenham on Saturday at 3pm. Six Munster representatives have been included in the squad with Conor Murray, Peter O'Mahony and CJ Stander starting in their first outing of the season. Rory Best returns to captain the side and is joined in the front row by Cian Healy, winning his 90th cap, and Tadhg Furlong. Jean Kleyn, who made his debut against Italy at the start of the month, is partnered in the second row with Iain Henderson. Josh van der Flier is joined by O'Mahony and Stander in the back row. The returning Murray is partnered with Ross Byrne in the half backs while Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose renew their centre partnership from the final round of the Guinness Six Nations against Wales. Rob Kearney starts at fullback with Jordan Larmour and Jacob Stockdale on the wings. Tadhg Beirne and Andrew Conway who both featured at the Aviva Stadium earlier this month as named in the replacements.

Ireland Team & Replacements (v England, Twickenham Stadium, Saturday, August 24, 3pm)

15. Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 90 caps 14. Jordan Larmour (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 14 caps 13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 21 caps 12. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 17 caps 11. Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 19 caps 10. Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster) 2 caps 9. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 72 caps 1. Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 89 caps 2. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 117 caps 3. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 33 caps 4. Iain Henderson (Queens University/Ulster) 45 caps 5. Jean Kleyn (Munster) 1 cap 6. Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 57 caps 7. Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 17 caps 8. CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 31 caps REPLACEMENTS 16. Sean Cronin (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 68 caps 17. Jack McGrath (St Marys College/Leinster) 55 caps 18. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 15 caps 19. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 65 caps 20. Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster) 6 caps 21. Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 11 caps 22. Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht) 4 caps 23. Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 13 caps