Ireland Team To Face All Blacks
11th November 2021 By The Editor
Ireland face the All Blacks on Saturday.
Andy Farrell and his coaching team have named the Ireland match day squad to play New Zealand this coming Saturday at a sold out Aviva Stadium
While captain Johnny Sexton is facing New Zealand for the 14th time in his international career there are four players across the backline that face the All Blacks for the first time including his half-back partner Jamison Gibson Park.
The back three of Hugo Keenan, Andrew Conway and James Lowe will also play New Zealand at senior level for the first time. Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose are partnered in midfield for the fourteenth occasion.
There is one change to the pack with Iain Henderson starting alongside James Ryan in the engine room while the front row of Andrew Porter, Ronan Kelleher and Tadgh Furlong is retained.
Similarly the backrow of Caelan Doris at six, Josh van der Flier at 7 and Jack Conan at No.8 continues from last week’s game against Japan.
The replacements for Saturday’s game are Rob Herring, Cian Healy, Finlay Bealham, Tadhg Beirne, Peter O’Mahony, Conor Murray, Joey Carbery and Keith Earls.
Ireland Team & Replacements (v New Zealand, Autumn Nations Series, Saturday, November 13, 3:15 pm)
15 Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 14 caps
14 Andrew Conway (Munster/Garryowen) 26 caps
13 Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 35 caps
12 Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 32 caps
11 James Lowe (Leinster) 7 caps
10 Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 100 caps CAPTAIN
9 Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 11 caps
1 Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 38 caps
2 Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 14 caps
3 Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 50 caps
4 Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 64 caps
5 James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 38 caps
6 Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 10 caps
7 Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 33 caps
8 Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 21 caps
Replacements
16 Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 22 caps
17 Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 110 caps
18 Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 17 caps
19 Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 23 caps
20 Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 77 caps
21 Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 90 caps
22 Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 25 caps
23 Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 94 caps
Autumn Nations Series Fixtures 2021
IRELAND v New Zealand
Aviva Stadium , Saturday 13th November, 2021
IRELAND v Argentina
Aviva Stadium , Sunday 21st November, 2021