Head Coach Andy Farrell has named the Eire Match Day Squad to face South Africa in Saturday’s first Take a look at at Loftus Versfeld Stadium (Kick-off 5pm native time/4pm Irish time, dwell on Sky Sports activities Area).
Six Munster gamers will line out together with Calvin Nash, Jack Crowley, Craig Casey, Tadhg Beirne, Peter O’Mahony and Conor Murray.
Peter O’Mahony will captain the crew as Eire get their Summer time Tour underway towards the Springboks in Pretoria, whereas Leinster’s Jamie Osborne will win his debut cap as he’s named to start out at full-back.
Osborne is joined within the Eire again three by Calvin Nash and James Lowe, as Bundee Aki and Robbie Henshaw begin within the midfield.
There may be an all-Munster half-back pairing as Craig Casey and Jack Crowley are named at scrum-half and out-half respectively.
Within the pack, Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan and Tadhg Furlong begin within the entrance row, with Joe McCarthy partnering Tadhg Beirne within the engine room. Captain O’Mahony is at blindslide flanker, with Josh van der Flier at openside and Caelan Doris at quantity eight.
Farrell has sturdy choices on the bench, with Rónan Kelleher, Cian Healy, Finlay Bealham, James Ryan and Ryan Baird offering the ahead reinforcements, with Conor Murray, Ciaran Frawley and Garry Ringrose finishing the Eire Match Day 23.
Saturday’s match is dwell on Sky Sports activities Area.
Eire (v South Africa):
Participant/Membership/Province/Caps
15. Jamie Osborne (Naas/Leinster)*
14. Calvin Nash (Younger Munster/Munster)(6)
13. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster)(72)
12. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht)(56)
11. James Lowe (Leinster)(31)
10. Jack Crowley (Cork Structure/Munster)(14)
9. Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster)(14)
1. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)(64)
2. Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(26)
3. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)(76)
4. Joe McCarthy (Dublin College/Leinster)(10)
5. Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster)(50)
6. Peter O’Mahony (Cork Structure/Munster)(captain)(105)
7. Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)(62)
8. Caelan Doris (St Mary’s Faculty/Leinster)(41)
Replacements:
16. Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)(31)
17. Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)(129)
18. Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht)(40)
19. James Ryan (UCD/Leinster)(62)
20. Ryan Baird (Dublin College/Leinster)(20)
21. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)(116)
22. Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster)(4)
23. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)(58).
*Denotes uncapped
