O’Gara in Side to Face Scots
Ronan O’Gara will return to international action this weekend after being named in the Irish Team to play Scotland in Murrayfield this Saturday at 1:30pm.
Ronan O’Gara will return to international action this weekend after
being named in the Irish Team to play Scotland in Murrayfield this Saturday
at 1:30pm.
O’Gara hasn’t played since returning from the summer tour to the southern hemisphere
where he picked up a wrist injury playing in the second last game of the tour
against Tonga.
The Team shows nine changes from that which defeated Italy by 61-6 at Thomond
Park on Saturday last. Keith Wood returns at hooker to captain a side that also
sees the inclusion of Geordan Murphy at full back; Anthony Horgan at right wing,
Kevin Maggs at inside centre; Peter Stringer at half back; Malcolm O’Kelly and
Paul O’Connell in the second row and David Wallace at N0. 6.
The Ireland team to play Scotland is:
15 Geordan Murphy (Leicester)
14 Anthony Horgan (Munster Cork Constitution)
13 Brian ODriscoll (Leinster Blackrock College)
12 Kevin Maggs (Bath)
11 Denis Hickie (Leinster St. Marys College)
10 Ronan OGara (Munster Cork Constitution)
9 – Peter Stringer (Munster Cork Constitution)
1 Marcus Horan (Munster Shannon)
2 Keith Wood (Munster) Captain
3 – Reggie Corrigan (Leinster Greystones)
4 Malcolm OKelly (Leinster St. Marys College)
5 Paul OConnell (Munster Young Munster)
6 – David Wallace (Munster Garryowen)
7 Eric Miller (Leinster Terenure College)
8 Victor Costello (Leinster St. Marys College)
Replacements:16 Shane Byrne (Leinster Blackrock College), 17
Simon Best (Ulster Belfast Harlequins), 18 Simon Easterby
(Llanelli), 19 Kieron Dawson (London Irish), 20 Guy Easterby (Rotherham),
21 David Humphreys (Ulster Dungannon), 22 Girvan Dempsey
(Leinster Terenure College).
Not considered because of injury: John Hayes (Munster Shannon), Shane
Horgan (Leinster Lansdowne), John Kelly (Munster Cork Constitution).