The squad all met at Oakhill College with the management joining them from their hotel. Yet again in Australia the host families have shown tremendous kindness to the players and thanks are due to all the families from Oakhill College and to Steve Tuvelski who has co-ordinated the hosting arrangements.
After the players had warmed up Barney announced the team to play Australia "A" on Sunday.
15. Rob Kearney 14. Rory Drysdale 13.Tom Gleeson 12. Jonathan Sexton 11. Jonathan Shortt 10. Conan Doyle 9. Joe Burns 1. Darragh Hurley 2. Sean Cronin 3. Paul Collins 4. Billy Holland 5. Jamie Cornett 6. Michael Essex 7. Diarmuid Laffan 8. David Pollock Replacements: Gary Walsh Gavin O'Meara Gary Mitchell Devin Toner Barry O'Mahoney Duncan Williams Conor Gildea Darren Cave The team will have a day off on Saturday before meeting at the Novotel at the Olympic Park at 11-00am on Sunday to have their pre-match lunch before the biggest game of the tour so far.
