The Ireland team and replacements for the Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Australia at Eden Park on Saturday (KO 9.30am) has been announced. There are four changes to the side that beat the USA.
Up front Cian Healy returns to the starting line-up at loosehead prop, having recovered from an eye injury with Ulster’s Tom Court dropping to the bench. Court is likely to see plenty of game time against his homeland with Healy likely to go off injured or carded through just too much excitement on making his World Cup debut!
Fellow Rugby World Cup debutant Sean O’Brien makes his long awaited return slotting in at 7 alongside Ulster’s Stephen Ferris and Jamie Heaslip to give a hard running back row but one that David Pocock is, probably, not loosing too much sleep about though Quade Cooper may be developing a nervous twitch!
As expected Eoin Reddan will start . . .
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