Congratulations to Gavin Duffy, who has retained his place in the Ireland team for the second test against Japan in Tokyo on Sunday (19th June). He will line-up in the midfield alongside David Quinlan of Leinster and in the process win his fourth cap.
Ireland won the opening test 44-12 last weekend (Sunday 12th June).
The full team is as follows:
15. Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College / Leinster)
14. Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins / Ulster)
13. Gavin Duffy (NEC Harlequins)
12. David Quinlan (Blackrock College / Leinster)
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 (Blackrock College / Leinster)
5. Matt McCullough (Ballymena / Ulster)
6. Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution / Munster)
7. David Wallace (Garryowen / Munster)
8. Eric Miller (Terenure College / Leinster)
Replacements: tbc