On the ditch

On Tuesday Eddie O’Sullivan named his side to face Scotland in Croke Park tomorrow
15 - Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster)
14 - Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
13 - Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
12 - Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
11 - Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
10 - Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
9 - Eoin Reddan (London Wasps)
1 - Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
2 - Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Leinster)
3 - John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
4 - Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5 - Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)
6 - Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
7 - David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
8 - Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster)
Replacements:
16 - Rory Best 17 - Tony Buckley 18 - Paul O’Connell 19 - Simon Easterby 20 - Peter Stringer 21 - Paddy Wallace 22 - Shane Horgan

However since then an injury to Girvan Dempsey means that Geordan Murphy has been recalled to the starting line-out.

But they aren’t the only ones in action this weekend.
There is the Club International against Scotland in Donnybrook
The Irish Colleges take on the Scottish Universities in Jordanstown
The A teams travel to Perth to play Scotland.
The U 20’s V Scotland will be held in Dubarry Park
The Ireland women’s side to face Scotland is an unchanged one from the previous two matches.

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