News article – Style E 2591

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Munster pair Mike Mullins and Jason Holland have been called into the Ireland A side for the game against England in Donnybrook this evening.

Mullins comes staright into the backline to replace Gavin Duffy while Holland is drafted onto the bench in place of Mark McHugh who takes over in the starting line-up from Gordon D’Arcy who has also been forced to withdraw.

Ireland.

15 – Mark McHugh (Leinster/St Mary’s College
14 – James Topping (Ulster/Ballymena)
13 – Mike Mullins (Munster/Old Crescent)
12 – David Quinlan (Leinster/Blackrock College)
11 – Tyrone Howe (Ulster/Dungannon)
10 – Barry Everitt (London Irish)
9 – Brian O’Meara (Leinster/ Cork Constitution)
1 – Emmett Byrne (Leinster/St.Mary’s College)
2 – Paul Shields (Ulster/Ballymena)
3 – Simon Best (Ulster/Belfast Harlequins)
4 – Donnacha O’Callaghan (Munster/Cork Constitution)
5 -Jeremy Davidson captain (Ulster/Dungannon)
6 – Simon Easterby (Llanelli)
7 – Kieron Dawson (London Irish)
8 – Des Dillon (Leinster/UCD).

Replacements:
16 – James Blaney (Munster/Shannon),
17 – Peter Bracken
(Connacht/Galwegians),
18 – Mick O’Driscoll (Munster/ Cork Constitution),
19 – Aidan McCullen (Leinster/Lansdowne)
20 – Michael Prendergast
(Munster/Young Munster)
21 – Jason Holland (Munster/Midleton)
22 – Anthony Horgan (Munster/Cork Constitution)

England. ENGLAND ‘A’: D Scarbrough; P Christophers, F Waters, B Johnston, M Cueto; A King, A Gomarsall; J Forrester, A Vander, M Corry (capt.), C Jones, S Shaw, R Morris, M Regan, M Worsley.
Replacements: A Titterrell, M Fitzgerald, T Palmer, H Vyvyan, N Walshe, O Barkley, M Stephenson.

Referee: G Davis (Scotland).