Ireland Team To Face Wales
10th November 2020 By The Editor
Chris Farrell starts for Ireland.
The Ireland Coaching Team have named their squad for their first Guinness Series game of the Autumn Nations Cup as they welcome Wales to the Aviva Stadium on Friday night.
Peter O’Mahony and Chris Farrell both start the clash with Conor Murray and Keith Earls, on his return from injury, among the replacements.
There are two uncapped players in the match day 23.
James Lowe will make his Ireland debut in a back three that also includes Jacob Stockdale and Hugo Keenan.
Captain Johnny Sexton links up with Jamison Gibson Park, who makes his first start after two caps off the bench, in the half-backs.
Robbie Henshaw switches to inside centre with Farrell coming in at 13.
In the pack Cian Healy and Andrew Porter are joined by Ronan Kelleher at hooker. Iain Henderson returns to the second row to partner James Ryan. The backrow sees Caelan Doris switch to No.8 with O’Mahony, winning his 70th cap, at 6 and Josh van der Flier at 7.
The uncapped Billy Burns will be aiming for his first cap as he named in the replacements alongside Murray and the returning Earls.
The replacement forwards are Dave Heffernan, Ed Byrne, Finlay Bealham, Quinn Roux and Will Connors.
The game is being televised by RTÉ and Channel 4.
Ireland Team & Replacements (v Wales, Guinness Series 2020, Autumn Nations Cup, Friday, November 13, 7.00pm, Aviva Stadium)
15 Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 30 caps
14 Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 2 caps
13 Chris Farrell (Munster/Young Munster) 10 caps
12 Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 45 caps
11 James Lowe (Leinster) uncapped
10 Jonathan Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 93 caps CAPTAIN
9 Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 2 caps
1 Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 100 caps
2 Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 3 caps
3 Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 28 caps
4 Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 55 caps
5 James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 28 caps
6 Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 69 caps
7 Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 26 caps
8 Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 4 caps
Replacements
16 Dave Heffernan (Connacht/Buccaneers) 3 caps
17 Ed Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 2 caps
18 Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 11 caps
19 Quinn Roux (Connacht/Galwegians) 12 caps
20 Will Connors (Leinster/UCD) 2 caps
21 Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 83 caps
22 Billy Burns (UIster) uncapped
23 Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 84 caps