Exciting Ireland Team Named For Autumn Nations Cup Clash With Georgia On Sunday
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Round three.
The Ireland Coaching Team have named the matchday 23 which will host Georgia in the second Guinness Series fixture of the Autumn Nations Cup.
The side will be captained by James Ryan and he is joined in the engine room by Iain Henderson. Finlay Bealham starts at loosehead, Rob Herring is named at hooker and Andrew Porter continues at tighthead. Tadhg Beirne is selected on the blindside flank, Will Connors is at openside and CJ Stander is at No.8.
Conor Murray comes in at scrumhalf alongside with Billy Burns at out-half. In the centre, Stuart McCloskey will partner Chris Farrell with Jacob Stockdale at fullback and Keith Earls and Hugo Keenan on the wings.
The replacements include Dave Heffernan, Cian Healy, Finlay Bealham, Quinn Roux, Peter O’Mahony, Kieran Marmion, Ross Byrne and the uncapped Shane Daly.
Kick-off at the Aviva Stadium is 2.00pm on Sunday 29th November and the game is being televised by RTE and Channel 4.
Ireland Team to Play Georgia – Autumn Nations Cup
15. Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 31 caps
14. Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 4 caps
13. Chris Farrell (Munster/Young Munster) 12 caps
12. Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 3 caps
11. Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 86 caps
10. Billy Burns (UIster) 2 caps
9. Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 85 caps
1. Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 13 caps
2. Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 14 caps
3. Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 30 caps
4. Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 56 caps
5. James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 30 caps CAPTAIN
6. Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 16 caps
7. Will Connors (Leinster/UCD) 4 caps
8. CJ Stander (Munster/Shannon) 44 caps
Replacements:
Dave Heffernan (Connacht/Buccaneers) 4 caps
Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 102 caps
John Ryan (Munster/Cork Constitution) 21 caps
Quinn Roux (Connacht/Galwegians) 14 caps
Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 71 caps
Kieran Marmion (Connacht/Corinthians) 27 caps
Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 9 caps
Shane Daly (Munster/Cork Con) uncapped