Ireland A team named
Munster’s Mick O’Driscoll will captain the Ireland A team to take on the Argentina Jaguares on Friday night. O’Driscoll will skipper a side that includes seven full Irish internationals in what will be the first rugby test to be staged in the Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. O’Driscoll’s Munster team-mate, Felix Jones replaces Gavin Duffy and both wings have also changed with Ian Dowling replacing Shane Horgan and Johne Murphy taking-over from Andrew Trimble. Leinster’s John Fogarty starts at hooker in place of his injured brother Denis. Donnacha Ryan starts in the backrow and he is joined there by Niall Ronan at openside, in place of Sean O’Brien, and John Muldoon who will play No.8, with Chris Henry reverting to the replacements. Ireland A Team v Argentina Jaguares, Tallaght Stadium, Friday, November 27th k.o. 19.30: 15: Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster); 14: Ian Dowling (Shannon/Munster), 13: Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster), 12: Keith Matthews (Buccaneers/Connacht), 11: Johne Murphy (Leicester); 10: Ian Humphreys (Ballymena/Ulster), 9: Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster); 1: Brett Wilkinson (Galwegians/Connacht), 2: John Fogarty (De La Salle Palmerston/Leinster), 3: Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster); 4: Ryan Cauldwell (Dungannon/Ulster), 5: Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) (capt); 6: Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster), 7: Niall Ronan (Shannon/Munster), 8: John Muldoon (Buccaneers/Connacht). Replacements: 16: Andy Kyriacou (Malone/Ulster), 17: Bryan Young (Ballymena/Ulster), 18: Ed O’Donoghue (Ballynahinch/Ulster), 19: Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster), 20: Frank Murphy (Buccaneers/Connacht), 21: Ian Keatley (Galwegians/Connacht), 22: Denis Hurley (Cork Constitution/Munster).
