Ireland v Italy – Team Announced

2008 RBS 6 Nations, Croke Park, Saturday, February 2, kick-off 2pm

Player / Club / Caps
15 – Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster) 78
14 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 19
13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) 79 (capt)
12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster) 36
11 – Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers) 53
10 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) 77
9 – Eoin Reddan (London Wasps) 5
1 – Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster) 51
2 – Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 17
3 – John Hayes (Bruff/Munster) 79
4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 40
5 – Malcolm O’Kelly (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 91
6 – Simon Easterby (Llanelli Scarlets) 62
7 – David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster) 41
8 – Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster) 27

Replacements:
16 – Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Leinster) 4
17 – Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster) 2
18 – Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) 11
19 – Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster) 3
20 – Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster) 79
21 – Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster) 6
22 – Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 1

Not Considered:

Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster) {suspension}
Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster) {back}

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