Declan Kidney has announced the Irish team to play Wales in the opening fixture of the 2013 Six Nations on Saturday at 1.30pm.
Injury to Tommy Bowe has allowed Kidney to pick both Craig Gilroy and Simon Zebo on the wings for Ireland while Brian O’Driscoll replaces Keith Earls and Rory Best takes over from the injured Richardt Strauss at hooker.
Ireland team to play Wales at Millennium Stadium: 15 Rob Kearney 14 Craig Gilroy 13 Brian O’Driscoll 12 Gordon D’Arcy 11 Simon Zebo 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 1Cian Healy 2 Rory Best 3 Mike Ross 4 Mike McCarthy 5 Donncha Ryan 6 Peter O’Mahony 7 Sean O’Brien 8 Jamie Heaslip.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin 17 David Kilcoyne 18 Declan Fitzpatrick 19 Donnacha O’Callaghan 20 Chris Henry 21 Eoin Reddan 22 Ronan O’Gara 23 Keith Earls
