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Ireland team named to face Wales in Six Nations opener on Sunday

Josh van der Flier, Tadhg Beirne and James Lowe are all named to start.

Stephen Byrne by Stephen Byrne
Friday 5 February, 2021
in Rugby
Reading Time: 3 mins read

Jonathan Sexton Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Billy Stickland

The Ireland team to take on Wales at the Principality Stadium in the first round of the 2021 Guinness Six Nations Championship has been named.

Cian Healy will make his 50th Championship appearance as he wins his 105th cap for Ireland.

He is joined in the is joined in the front row by Rob Herring and Andrew Porter.

Tadhg Beirne and James Ryan are named in the second row with Peter O’Mahony, Josh van der Flier and CJ Stander named in the backrow.

Johnny Sexton captains the side and is joined in the half-backs by Conor Murray.

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Leinster’s Robbie Henshaw and Garry Ringrose are partnered in midfield.

Hugo Keenan is selected at fullback with Keith Earls and James Lowe, making his Guinness Six Nations debut, named on the wing.

The subs are Ronan Kelleher, Dave Kilcoyne, Tadgh Furlong, Iain Henderson, Will Connors, Jamison Gibson Park, Billy Burns and Jordan Larmour.

Ireland v Wales, 2021 Guinness Six Nations, Principality Stadium, Sunday, February 7, kick-off 3pm.

15. Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 6 caps
14. Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 88 caps
13. Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 30 caps
12. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 47 caps
11. James Lowe (Leinster) 2 caps
10. Jonathan Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 95 caps Captain
9. Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 87 caps
1. Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 104 caps
2. Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 16 caps
3. Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 32 caps
4. Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 17 caps
5. James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 32 caps
6. Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 73 caps
7. Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 28 caps
8. CJ Stander (Munster/Shannon) 46 caps

Replacements

16. Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 6 caps
17. Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 39 caps
18. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 44 caps
19. Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 58 caps
20. Will Connors (Leinster/UCD) 5 caps
21. Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 5 caps
22. Billy Burns (Ulster) 3 caps
23. Jordan Larmour (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 24 caps

Wales team to face Ireland

Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones has been passed fit to start Sunday’s Six Nations match against Ireland at the Principality Stadium.

Jones had been sidelined since injuring his knee against Italy in the Autumn Nations Cup.

Flanker Dan Lydiate will play his first international in over two years with wing Louis Rees-Zammit set to make his tournament debut.

George North continues in the centre with Jonathan Davies still missing.

Wales: Leigh Halfpenny; Louis Rees-Zammit, George North, Jonathan Davies, Hallam Amos; Dan Biggar, Tomos Williams; Wyn Jones, Ken Owens, Tomas Francis, Adam Beard, Alun Wyn Jones (capt), Dan Lydiate, Justin Tipuric, Taulupe Faletau.

Replacements: Elliot Dee, Rhodri Jones, Leon Brown, Will Rowlands, Josh Navidi, Gareth Davies, Callum Sheedy, Nick Tompkin

#TeamOfUs

📄 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 🟢

Head Coach Andy Farrell has named his Ireland Match Day 23 for the opening round of the #GuinnessSixNations against Wales in Cardiff 🙌#ShoulderToShoulder #IrishRugby #WALvIRE pic.twitter.com/OPv2Abiu2c

— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) February 5, 2021

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