Matt McCullough Lead Irish Under 21s. : Irish Rugby

Bllymena lock Matt McCullough will lead the Irish Under 21 side in their opening Six Nations Championship game against Wales at Donnybrook on Saturday (14.30).

Ireland. Scott Young (Ballymena); Martin Mc Phail (UL Bohemians), Barry Lynn ( St. Mary's College), Conrad O'Sullivan (UCC), Conor McPhillips (St. Mary's College); Ian Humphreys (Dungannon), Brian O' Riordan (UCD); Sean Phillips (Saracens), Kevin Corrigan (UCD), Bryan Young (Ballymena); Stephen Keogh (UCC), Matt Mc Cullough Capt (Ballymena); Denis Leamy (UCC), Neil Mc Millan (Ballymena), Roger Wilson (DU).

Replacements: 16. Rory Best (Newcastle), 17. John Lyne (Lansdowne), 18.

Michael Carroll (Blackrock), 19. Conor Hartigan (Garryowen), 20. Frank Murphy (UCC), 21. Paul Devlin (Sale), 22. James Norton (St.Mary's College).

Commenting on Ireland's 26-21 second Test victory over Australia, scrum half Conor Murray said: "We had a few wrongs we needed to right this week and I think we did that. It was tough at times, it went down to the wire, and it was another unbelievably tough Test match. It's an exciting week now to go to Sydney."

Head coach Joe Schmidt and Ireland captain Peter O'Mahony on the team's hard fought win in Melbourne to level the test series ahead of the final game in Sydney.