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}

 

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