Entrance-row forwards Finlay Bealham and Ronan Kelleher will begin Eire’s Autumn Nations Sequence opener towards New Zealand in Dublin.
Prop Bealham comes into the staff for Friday’s match instead of injured tighthead Tadhg Furlong, whereas hooker Kelleher has been handed match after struggling an ankle concern solely a month in the past.
Kelleher, whose availability is an enormous enhance given the absence of sidelined Leinster team-mate Dan Sheehan, is one in every of 10 gamers retained from the facet which started the series-levelling 25-24 win over world champions South Africa on July 13.
Scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park returns after lacking that tour with a hamstring downside, whereas wing Mack Hansen will make his first Check look since final yr’s Rugby World Cup in France.
Full-back Hugo Keenan, who had a summer season sabbatical together with his nation’s sevens squad on the Paris Olympics, and inside centre Bundee Aki additionally return to a beginning XV led by skipper Caelan Doris.
Flanker Peter O’Mahony, who captained Eire to Guinness Six Nations glory earlier this yr, is included among the many replacements after becoming a member of up with the squad late following a hamstring concern.
The All Blacks’ go to to the Aviva Stadium would be the first assembly of the perimeters since Andy Farrell’s staff have been defeated 28-24 within the World Cup quarter-finals in Paris simply over 12 months in the past.
Locks Joe McCarthy and James Ryan will pack down behind the entrance row of Andrew Porter, Kelleher and Bealham, with flankers Tadhg Beirne and Josh van der Flier becoming a member of quantity eight Doris within the again row.
Fly-half Jack Crowley, exterior centre Garry Ringrose and left wing James Lowe full the line-up. Rob Herring, Cian Healy, Tom O’Toole, Iain Henderson, Conor Murray, Ciaran Frawley and Jamie Osborne be a part of O’Mahony on the bench.
Head coach Farrell, whose facet additionally host Argentina, Fiji and Australia this month, mentioned: “Since assembling last week, the players have brought real application to training and it’s great to see a number of players back from injury, which is testament to their diligence and the superb work of the medical team.
“It is a vastly thrilling 4 weeks forward in Aviva Stadium and we all know we’ll must carry out at a excessive degree to beat a top-class New Zealand facet. The problem does not come a lot larger or higher than New Zealand at a packed Aviva Stadium on a Friday night time below lights with a house crowd roaring us on.”
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England’s Jamie George, Kevin Sinfield and Ben Spencer say they assist the All Blacks ritual of the haka, in distinction to the opinion of Joe Marler after his social media feedback.
Eire staff: H Keenan (Leinster); M Hansen (Connacht), G Ringrose (Leinster), B Aki (Connacht), J Lowe (Leinster); J Crowley (Munster), J Gibson-Park (Leinster); A Porter (Leinster), R Kelleher (Leinster), F Bealham (Connacht), J McCarthy (Leinster), J Ryan (Leinster), T Beirne (Munster), J van der Flier (Leinster), C Doris (Leinster, capt).
Replacements: R Herring (Ulster), C Healy (Leinster), T O’Toole (Ulster), I Henderson (Ulster), P O’Mahony (Munster), C Murray (Munster), C Frawley (Leinster), J Osborne (Leinster).
All Blacks make two modifications from Twickenham win
New Zealand make two injury-enforced modifications to the line-up that beat England 24-22 on Saturday, with Codie Taylor and Beauden Barrett each dominated out as a result of concussions.
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Sky Sports activities’ James Cole displays on England’s slender defeat to New Zealand at Twickenham.
Asafo Aumua will begin at hooker and George Bell will look to make his third All Blacks look off the bench, whereas Damian McKenzie slots again into the quantity 10 jersey and Stephen Perofeta comes into the reserves as backs cowl.
All Blacks head coach Scott Robinson mentioned: “This is a highly anticipated match that promises to bring all the intensity and passion that we have come to expect from these two rugby-mad nations, both on and off the field.
“We are really pleased with how the squad has come through this week and our focus has turned quickly to this encounter post-England. We have trained well, and the players are fresh and ready to face a fierce challenge from the Ireland team.”
New Zealand staff: W Jordan; M Tele’a, R Ioane, J Barrett, C Clarke; D McKenzie, C Ratima; T Williams, A Aumua, T Lomax, S Barrett (captain), T Vaa’i, W Sititi, S Cane, A Savea.
Replacements: G Bell, O Tu’ungafasi, P Tosi, P Tuipulotu, S Finau, C Roigard, A Lienert-Brown, S Perofeta.
