Baloucoune, Henderson and O’Toole named in the Ireland squad to face Argentina
18 days ago
Players
The Ireland coaching team have named the Ireland matchday squad to play Argentina on Sunday afternoon in their final game of the Autumn Nations Series.
James Ryan assumes the captaincy in the absence of Johnny Sexton and is partnered in the second row by Iain Henderson. The front row of Andrew Porter, Ronan Kelleher, and Tadgh Furlong is retained as is the backrow of Caelan Doris, Josh van der Flier, and Jack Conan.
A new half-back pairing of Conor Murray and Joey Carbery is introduced and Robbie Henshaw makes his season debut at inside centre partnering Garry Ringrose in the midfield.
Hugo Keenan gets another opportunity to impress in the No.15 jersey with James Lowe starting his third consecutive game for Ireland. Robert Baloucoune who made his Ireland debut against the USA in July scoring a scintillating try gets his second start.
The replacements for Saturday’s game are Dan Sheehan, Cian Healy, Tom O’Toole, Tadhg Beirne, Peter O’Mahony, Craig Casey, Harry Byrne, and Keith Earls.
Ireland team to play Argentina – Sunday 21st November 2021, Aviva Stadium KO 2.15 pm
15 Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 15 caps
14 Robert Baloucoune (Ulster/Enniskillen) 1 cap
13 Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 35 caps
12 Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 52 caps
11 James Lowe (Leinster) 8 caps
10 Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 26 caps
9 Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 91 caps
1 Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 39 caps
2 Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 15 caps
3 Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 51 caps
4 Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 65 caps
5 James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 39 caps CAPTAIN
6 Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 11 caps
7 Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 34 caps
8 Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 22 caps
Replacements
16 Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 1 cap
17 Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 111 caps
18 Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 1 cap
19 Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 24 caps
20 Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 78 caps
21 Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 3 caps
22 Harry Byrne (Leinster/Lansdowne) 1 cap
23 Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 95 caps