Ireland Team To Face Scotland
17th March 2022 By The Editor
Tadhg Beirne starts for Ireland against Scotland.
Andy Farrell has named the match day squad to take on Scotland at the Aviva this coming Saturday in the final round of the 2022 Guinness Six Nations Championship.
Munster’s Tadhg Beirne starts with Dave Kilcoyne, Peter O’Mahony, Conor Murray and Joey Carbery among the replacements.
Andrew Conway is being managed for a knee niggle and was unavailable for selection.
Johnny Sexton will equal John Hayes’s cap tally for Ireland (105) when he leads the side out on Saturday afternoon and will again have Jamison Gibson Park as his halfback partner.
Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose are retained in midfield with a back three featuring Hugo Keenan, James Lowe and Mack Hansen.
The front row of Cian Healy, Dan Sheehan and Tadhg Furlong is retained while Beirne and Iain Henderson are named at lock. Jack Conan is named at No.8 with Caelan Doris switching to the blindside flank and Josh van der Flier makes his eight consecutive start at openside.
Ireland can win the Triple Crown for the first time since 2018 by beating Scotland.
The game which kicks off at 4.45pm will be televised by VIRGIN (ROI) and ITV (NI).
Ireland team v Scotland
15 Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 19 caps
14 Mack Hansen (Connacht) 3 caps
13 Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 41 caps
12 Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 36 caps
11 James Lowe (Leinster) 11 caps
10 Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 104 caps CAPTAIN
9 Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 16 caps
1 Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 115 caps
2 Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 6 caps
3 Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 56 caps
4 Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 29 caps
5 Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 67 caps
6 Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 16 caps
7 Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 39 caps
8 Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 26 caps
Replacements
16 Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 25 caps
17 Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 47 caps
18 Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 22 caps
19 Kieran Treadwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 4 caps
20 Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 83 caps
21 Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 95 caps
22 Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 31 caps
23 Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 56 caps