International Day in Thomond Park

International rugby comes to Limerick’s Thomond Park when Ireland take on Italy (3pm) in the second last of their pre World Cup matches just eight days before the RWC squad is named

International rugby comes to Limerick’s Thomond Park when Ireland take on Italy (3pm) in the second last of their pre World Cup matches just eight days before Eddie O’Sullivan names his RWC squad.

Ireland:
15 Girvan Dempsey, 14 John Kelly, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (captain), 12 Rob Henderson, 11 Denis Hickie, 10 David Humphreys, 9 Guy Easterby, 8 Victor Costello, 7 Eric Miller, 6 Simon Easterby, 5 Leo Cullen, 4 Gary Longwell, 3 Reggie Corrigan, 2 Shane Byrne, 1 Marcus Horan.

Replacements: 16 Paul Shields, 17 Justin Fitzpatrick, 18 Donnacha O’Callaghan, 19 Kieron Dawson, 20 Brian O’Meara, 21 Geordan Murphy, 22 Jonathan Bell.

Italy:
15 Gert Peens, 14 Nicola Mazzucato, 13 Cristian Stoica, 12 Matteo Barbini, 11 Diego Sacc`; 10 Francesco Mazzariol, 9 Allesandro Troncon, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Mauro Bergamasco, 6 Andrea de Rossi, 5 Marc Giacheri, 4 Cristian Bezzi, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Fabio Ongaro, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: 16 Carlo Festuccia, 17 Ramiro Martinez, 18 Aaron Persico, 19 Matt Phillips, 20 Matteo Mazzantini, 21 Ramiro Pez, 22 Andrea Masi.

Referee. Steve Lander (England).

Touch judges:Nigel Williams (Wales), Dave Changleng (Scotland)