Johnny Sexton captain’s the team on his 102nd cap for Ireland and his 53rd appearance in the Six Nations Championship. Sexton is joined at half-back by Jamison Gibson Park while Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose link up in the centre for a fifteenth time for Ireland.
The uncapped Connacht wing Mack Hansen lines out on the left wing with Andrew Conway on the right with Hugo Keenan at fullback starting his seventeenth consecutive Test match.
In the pack the front row features Andrew Porter, Ronan Kelleher and Tadhg Furlong with Tadhg Beirne and James Ryanlocking down the second row. Caelan Doris, Josh van der Flier and Jack Conan are named in the backrow.
The replacements are Dan Sheehan, Cian Healy, Finlay Bealham, Ryan Baird, Peter O’Mahony, Conor Murray, Joey Carbery and James Hume.
IRELAND team v Wales, Round 1 Guinness Six Nations 2022
(15-9) Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 16 caps, Andrew Conway (Munster/Garryowen) 27 caps, Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 37 caps , Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 33 caps, Mack Hansen (Connacht) uncapped, Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 101 caps (Capt.), Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 12 caps
(1-8) Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 40 caps, Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 16 caps, Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 52 caps, Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 25 caps, James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 40 caps, Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 12 caps, Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 35 caps, Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 22 caps
Replacements: Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 2 caps, Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 112 caps, Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 18 caps, Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 6 caps, Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 79 caps, Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 92 caps, Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 27 caps, James Hume (Ulster/Banbridge) 1 cap