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Here we go.
Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby has named his team for this weekend’s Six Nations finale with Italy in Rome.
Ireland conclude their 2025 Championship campaign at Stadio Olimpico on Saturday, with Caelan Doris named to captain the team and Peter O’Mahony and Conor Murray included in the Match Day Squad for what will be their final appearances in green.
Hugo Keenan starts at full-back, with James Lowe and Mack Hansen returning to the back three. Robbie Henshaw partners Garry Ringrose in midfield, while Jack Crowley comes into the team at out-half alongside Jamison Gibson-Park at scrum-half.
In the pack, there is an unchanged front row as Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan and Finlay Bealham start, with James Ryan and Tadhg Beirne named in the engine room. Jack Conan is named at blindside flanker, Josh van der Flier is at openside and captain Doris completes the Ireland XV at number eight.
The fit-again Tadhg Furlong is in line for his first appearance of the Championship off the bench, joining forwards Gus McCarthy, Jack Boyle, Joe McCarthy and O’Mahony among the replacements, as scrum-half Murray, Sam Prendergast and Bundee Aki provide the backline reinforcements for Ireland.
Ireland team
15. Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster)(45)
14. Mack Hansen (Corinthians/Connacht)(27)
13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)(66)
12. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster)(81)
11. James Lowe (Leinster)(39)
10. Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution/Munster)(23)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)(42)
1. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)(74)
2. Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(31)
3. Finlay Bealham (Corinthians/Connacht)(50)
4. James Ryan (UCD/Leinster)(71)
5. Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster)(60)
6. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)(50)
7. Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)(72)
8. Caelan Doris (St Mary’s College/Leinster)(captain)(50)
Replacements:
16. Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)(3)
17. Jack Boyle (UCD/Leinster)(1)
18. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)(78)
19. Joe McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)(18)
20. Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)(113)
21. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)(124)
22. Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)(7)
23. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht)(64).
