RWC Warm-Ups: Ireland names team to play England

September 3, 2015

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Joe Schmidt has announced his Ireland line-up for their final World Cup warm-up game, against England at Twickenham. It is as close to Ireland’s full strength XV as we have seen during these warm-up games.

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IRELAND TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND

15. Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)
14. Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
13. Jared Payne (Ulster)
12. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
11. Dave Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster)
10. Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
9. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)

1. Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
2. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3. Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
4. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
5. Paul O’Connell (Young Munster) (capt)
6. Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
7. Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster)
8. Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)

Replacements:

16. Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
17. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)
18. Nathan White (Connacht)
19. Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
20. Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster)
21. Eoin Reddan (Old Crescent/Leinster)
22. Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
23. Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

Photo by: Patrick Khachfe / Onside Images
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7 comments on “RWC Warm-Ups: Ireland names team to play England”

  2. Geat September 3, 2015 at 3:15 pm -

    I need to find some comfort from somewhere, so I’ll take solace in the fact Bomber’s biggest home defeat is 8 (New Zealand), whilst the average is 4.6.

    • Benjit September 3, 2015 at 3:34 pm -

      Or take some solace in the fact that our defence has been pretty good on the last 2 matches despite out fwds not showing up. If our fwds put in a performance I think we’ll be fine, and they should at least be fired up for this.

  3. Stesco September 3, 2015 at 7:28 pm -

    That’s a strong Ireland side who will feel they have something to prove, England will need to up their game by 30% since last week or they will come undone, ‘Fortress Twickenham’ or not !. Can’t wait for this one now …..

    • Geat September 3, 2015 at 9:20 pm -

      Seeing as we didn’t play last week. I’d say more like 100%.

      Aptly though, we need to up our game by 100% from the Paris performance…

  4. harlequin September 3, 2015 at 9:25 pm -

    I agree Geat.Graham Henry says England have no momentum.I think that sums up the heart of the problem in a nutshell-And that is down to the lack of quality leadership at the top.

  5. brighty September 4, 2015 at 10:17 am -

    This should be a great game with the two sides picked, the pick of all the warmups so far. Circumstances have combined to make this a cracking watch for the neutral (or rather for the ones who are closely watching England and therefore would rather they won this, just…).

    Neither side will want to lose – not “must win” but nobody wants to go into the WC on the back of two defeats in a row. On the plus side the winner of this will get some excellent battle experience this weekend. I’d say England have to win – have to start of with Twickers being a fortress, etc. I expect them to win by less than a score, even against this excellent Irish team.