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 O’Driscoll (Leinster – Blackrock College)
12 – Kevin Maggs (Bath)
11 – Denis Hickie (Leinster – St. Mary’s College)
10 – Ronan O’Gara (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 O’Kelly (Leinster – St. Mary’s College)
5 – Paul O’Connell (Munster – Young Munster)
6 – David Wallace (Munster – Garryowen)
7 – Eric Miller (Leinster – Terenure College)
8 – Victor Costello (Leinster – St. Mary’s 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).