Joe Schmidt has announced an Irish side featuring six Ulstermen to face USA on Saturday (KO 18:30).
Rory Best and Jacob Stockdale are left out having featured in two and three Autumn International matches already. Will Addison, Stuart McCloskey, John Cooney, Iain Henderson and Jordi Murphy are the Ulster contingent in the starting line up while Rob Herring is named among the replacements. Former Ulster player, Sam Arnold is set to make his Irish debut off the bench.
It’s the first time since the second test match against Japan that Ulster have six representatives in the match day panel. Luke Marshall, Paddy Jackson, Jacob Stockdale, Kieran Treadwell started the match, while Sean Reidy and John Cooney who had just moved to the province, started as a replacement in a 35-13 victory.
Connacht’s Finlay Bealham joins Munster’s Dave Kilcoyne and Niall Scannell in the front row while Henderson . . .
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