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O’Driscoll in, but without Dempsey – Team News!
Girvan Dempsey has failed his fitness test to be ready for tomorrows game against Scotland, and will be replaced by Geordan Murphy.
IRELAND TEAM & REPLACEMENTS (v Scotland, 2008 RBS 6 Nations, Croke Park, Saturday, February 23, kick-off 5pm local time):
15 – Gerodan Murphy (Leicester Tigers) 54
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}