Ireland Side Named Later Today

The Ireland starting XV and replacements for the final RWC warm up game, against Scotland in Murrayfield on Saturday, will be announced just before lunchtime from the team headquarters, at City West in Saggart Co. Dublin.

The Ireland squad from which the team to play Scotland will be chosen is:
Forwards (12): Simon Best (Ulster – Belfast Harlequins), Shane Byrne (Leinster – Blackrock College), Reggie Corrigan (Leinster – Greystones), Victor Costello (Leinster – St. Mary’s College), Kieron Dawson (London Irish), Simon Easterby (Llanelli), Marcus Horan (Munster – Shannon), Eric Miller (Leinster – Terenure College), Paul O’Connell (Munster – Young Munster), Malcolm O’Kelly (Leinster – St. Mary’s College), David Wallace (Munster – Garryowen), Keith Wood (Munster);

Backs(10): Girvan Dempsey (Leinster – Terenure College), Guy Easterby (Rotherham), Denis Hickie (Leinster – St. Mary’s College), Anthony Horgan (Munster – Cork Constitution), David Humphreys (Ulster – Dungannon), Brian O’Driscoll (Leinster – Blackrock College), Ronan O’Gara (Munster – Cork Constitution), Kevin Maggs (Bath), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Peter Stringer (Munster – Shannon).

Additional players for training: Jonathan Bell (Ulster-Dungannon), Emmet Byrne (Leinster – St. Mary’s College), Gordon Darcy (Leinster-Lansdowne), Anthony Foley (Munster-Shannon), Tyrone Howe (Ulster-Dungannon), Rob Henderson (Munster-Garryowen), Donncha O’Callaghan (Munster-Cork Constitution), Alan Quinlan (Munster-Shannon);