Ireland name Match Day Squad for Russia

The Ireland coaching group have named the match day squad that will face Russia at the Kobe Misaki Stadium on Thursday evening. (11.15am Irish time)

Johnny Sexton will captain the side and is joined by his provincial partner Luke McGrath at half-back. Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose are named in the centre with Rob Kearney at fullback supported by Andrew Conway and Keith Earls on the wings. The backrow sees new arrival Jordi Murphy at No.8 alongside Peter O’Mahony at openside and Rhys Ruddock at blindside. Tadhg Beirne and Jean Kleyn are named at lock with Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell and John Ryan all coming in to the front row. The replacements for Thursdays game are Sean Cronin, Andrew Porter, Tadhg Furlong, Iain Henderson, CJ Stander, Joey Carbery, Jack Carty and Jordan Larmour. The game will be televised by EIR and RTE (ROI) and ITV (NI) and live radio commentary from RTE Radio (ROI) and BBC (NI).   IRELAND team to play Russia, Pool A RWC19, Kobe Misaki Stadium, Thursday 3rd October, 2019 (KO: 19.15 / 11.15 Irish Time) 15. Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 93 caps 14. Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 16 caps 13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 26 caps 12. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 21 caps 11. Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 79 caps 10. Jonathan Sexton (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 85 caps Captain 9. Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 16 caps 1. Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 33 caps 2. Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) 17 caps 3. John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 20 caps 4. Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster) 10 caps 5. Jean Kleyn (Munster) 3 caps 6. Rhys Ruddock (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 24 caps 7. Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 61 caps 8. Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Ulster) 29 caps Replacements 16. Sean Cronin (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 71 caps 17. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 20 caps 18. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 38 caps 19. Iain Henderson (Queens University/Ulster) 50 caps 20. CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 35 caps 21. Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Munster) 20 caps 22. Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht) 9 caps 23. Jordan Larmour (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 18 caps