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Ireland Rugby
Ireland Squad for the Scotland Game!
Tommy Bowe (replacing Geordan Murphy) and Mick O’Driscoll (replacing Malcolm O’Kelly) are the only two changes for the Ireland squad that lost out so late on in the 26-21 loss to France two Saturday’s ago.
In a game where Ronan O’Gara collects his 80th cap, there will be a huge boost for the squad with Paul O’Connell on the bench – collecting his 50th cap if he gets any game time!
The only injury concern is Tony Buckley who will undergo a fitness test at the end of the week, Bryan Young has been called into the squad just in case. O’Driscoll’s calf tightened in training this morning, so Luke Fitzgerald will not play for Ireland ‘A’ and will remain with the senior squad as a precaution.
IRELAND TEAM & REPLACEMENTS – Ireland v Scotland, 2008
RBS 6 Nations, Croke Park,
Saturday, February 23, kick-off 5pm local time
15 – Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster) 80
14 – Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 10
13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) 81 (capt)
12 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 21
11 – Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 3
10 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) 79
9 – Eoin Reddan (London Wasps) 7
1 – Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster) 53
2 – Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Leinster) 6
3 – John Hayes (Bruff/Munster) 81
4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 42
5 – Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) 13
6 – Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster) 29
7 – David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster) 43
8 – Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster) 5
Replacements:
16 – Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 19
17 – Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster) 4
18 – Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster) 49
19 – Simon Easterby (Llanelli Scarlets) 63
20 – Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster) 80
21 – Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster) 6
22 – Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster) 58
Not Considered:
Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster) {wrist}
Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster) {arm}