Ireland team named for Six Nations clash with Wales
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Here we go.
Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby has named his team to take on Wales in the Six Nations this weekend.
Dan Sheehan will captain the side for the first time, becoming the 111th Men's player to captain Ireland in a Test match.
Leinster's Jack Boyle is in line for his Ireland debut should he come off the bench, while Jamie Osborne will make his maiden Guinness Men's Six Nations appearance at full-back.
Gus McCarthy and Cian Prendergast could also make their Championship debuts in green having been named among the replacements.
Osborne partners James Lowe and the fit-again Mack Hansen in the back three, while Robbie Henshaw and Garry Ringrose are the midfield pairing for the trip to Cardiff.
Sam Prendergast and Jamison Gibson-Park are retained as the half-back pairing.
In the pack, Andrew Porter, captain Sheehan and Thomas Clarkson, who starts for Ireland for the first time, are named in the front row, with Joe McCarthy returning to fitness to partner Tadhg Beirne in the second row.
Peter O'Mahony continues at blindside flanker, Josh van der Flier is at openside and Jack Conan completes the Ireland starting team at number eight.
McCarthy, the uncapped Boyle, Finlay Bealham, James Ryan and Cian Prendergast are the forward replacements available to Easterby, with Conor Murray, Jack Crowley and Bundee Aki the backline reinforcements.
Ireland (v Wales):
15. Jamie Osborne (Naas/Leinster)(5)
14. Mack Hansen (Corinthians/Connacht)(26)
13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)(65)
12. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster)(79)
11. James Lowe (Leinster)(38)
10. Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)(5)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)(40)
1. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)(72)
2. Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(captain)(29)
3. Thomas Clarkson (Dublin University/Leinster)(4)
4. Joe McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)(16)
5. Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster)(58)
6. Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)(111)
7. Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)(70)
8. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)(48)
Replacements:
16. Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)(2)
17. Jack Boyle (UCD/Leinster)*
18. Finlay Bealham (Corinthians/Connacht)(48)
19. James Ryan (UCD/Leinster)(69)
20. Cian Prendergast (UCD/Connacht)(4)
21. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)(122)
22. Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution/Munster)(21)
23. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht)(62)
* denotes uncapped
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