Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has made three changes to his starting fifteen for Sunday’s Six Nations game against Scotland at Murrayfield.
Cian Healy and Rob Herring come into the front row while Keith Earls will start on the right wing.
Jamison Gibson-Park retains the scrum half jersey with Conor Murray on the bench after having recovered from a hamstring injury . Craig Casey has droped out of the matchday squad while their is no room for Carlow’s Ed Byrne this time around.
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Head Coach Andy Farrell has named his Ireland Match Day 23 for Sunday’s #GuinnessSixNations showdown against Scotland at Murrayfield 🙌
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Andy Farrells side could really do with a convincing victory at Murrayfield having failing to impress against France and Wales. the convincing victory 48-10 over Italy last time out may act as a confidence booster for the players, but that performance was expected from the fans.
It will be exactly a month on Sunday since Scotland last lined out, after their game against France was postponed. Last time out they narrowly lost to Wales by a single point and of course registered a famous 11-6 victory over England to kick off their tournament.
Full Team
15. Hugo Keenan
14. Keith Earls
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Robbie Henshaw (
11. James Lowe
10. Jonathan Sexton (capt)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park
1. Cian Healy
2. Rob Herring
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Iain Henderson
5. James Ryan
6. Tadhg Beirne
7. Will Connors
8. CJ Stander
Replacements:
16. Ronan Kelleher
17. Dave Kilcoyne
18. Andrew Porter
19. Ryan Baird
20. Jack Conan
21. Conor Murray
22. Billy Burns
23. Jordan Larmour
You can catch all the reaction to todays team news on KCLR’s Rugby podcast “The Knock On” on air and online from tomorrow with head of Sport Stephen Byrne and former Leinster Captain Chris Pimm .
