Ireland Team named for Twickenham
Ronan O’Gara will lead Ireland out at Twickenham against England on Saturday.
IRELAND TEAM & REPLACEMENTS (v England, 2008 RBS 6 Nations, Twickenham, Saturday, March 15, kick-off 3pm local time):
Player / Club / Caps
15 - Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers) 55
14 - Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 12
13 - Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 23
12 - Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster) 60
11 - Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 5
10 - Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) 81 (capt)
9 - Eoin Reddan (London Wasps) 9
1 - Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster) 55
2 - Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 21
3 - John Hayes (Bruff/Munster) 83
4 - Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 44
5 - Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster) 51
6 - Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster) 31
7 - David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster) 45
8 - Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster) 7
Replacements:
16 - Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Leinster) 8
17 - Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster) 6
18 - Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) 14
19 - Simon Easterby (Llanelli Scarlets) 64
20 - Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster) 81
21 - Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster) 7
22 - Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster) 3
Not Considered Due To Injury
Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster) {arm}
Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster) {hip}
Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster) {hamstring}
Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) {hamstring}