The odyssey continues for Irish Rugby with the team announced for the pool game agaisnt Russia this Sunday morning KO 6:00am.
It’s very much a dirt tracker side with the second string getting a run out alongside those front liners who need some match time.
There are ten changes, one of which is a positional switch, to the starting line-up from Ireland’s 15-6 win over Australia last weekend.
Fergus McFadden starts on the right wing and is one of four Rugby World Cup debutants in the selected side. Keith Earls moves from the wing to outside centre to partner Paddy Wallace, who will be making his first appearance of the tournament.
Andrew Trimble is named on the left wing, with Ronan O’Gara, who played against Russia back in 2002, and Isaac Boss forming the half-back partnership.
World Cup newcomer Sean Cronin makes the switch with Rory Best from the . . .
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