Congratulations to Gavin Duffy, who has been named in the Ireland team to play Japan in Osaka on Sunday (12th June). The NEC Harlequins centre will win his third international cap and will partner Kevin Maggs of Ulster in the midfield.
The full team is as follows:
15. Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College / Leinster)
14. Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins / Ulster)
13. Gavin Duffy (NEC Harlequins)
12. Kevin Maggs (Belfast Harlequins / Ulster)
11. Anthony Horgan (Cork Constitution / Munster)
10. David Humphreys (Dungannon / Ulster)(Capt)
9. Peter Stringer (Shannon / Munster)
1. Marcus Horan (Shannon / Munster)
2. Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution / Munster)
3. Simon Best (Belfast Harlequins / Ulster)
4. Leo Cullen (Leicester Tigers)
5. Matt McCullough (Ballymena / Ulster)
6. Alan Quinlan (Shannon / Munster)
7. Johnny O'Connor (Wasps)
8. Roger Wilson (Belfast Harlequins / Ulster)
Replacements:
16. Bernard Jackman (Clontarf / Leinster)
17. Reggie Corrigan (Greystones / Leinster)
18. Trevor Hogan (Shannon / Munster)
19. Eric Miller (Terenure College / Leinster)
20. Kieran Campbell (Dungannon / Ulster)
21. Jeremy Staunton (Wasps)
22. David Quinlan (Northampton Saints)