Ireland Team to Face the All Blacks

Declan Kidney has made six changes to the team who beat Canada 55-0 in the opening game of this series.

IRELAND TEAM & REPLACEMENTS (v New Zealand, GUINNESS Series 2008, Croke Park, Saturday, November 15, kick-off 5.15pm):

15 - Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster)

14 - Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)

13 - Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)

12 - Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)

11 - Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)

10 - Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)

9 - Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster)

1 - Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)

2 - Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)

3 - John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)

4 - Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)

5 - Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster)

6 - Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster)

7 - David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)

8 - Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)

Replacements:

16 - Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)

17 - Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)

18 - Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)

19 - Shane Jennings (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)

20 - Eoin Reddan (London Wasps)

21 - Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)

22 - Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)

 

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