Sam Prendergast will start at out-half for Ireland’s Nations Championship game at New Zealand on Saturday morning.
Head coach Andy Farrell has welcomed the fit-again Rob Baloucoune back into the side on the wing, with Jimmy O’Brien on the other wing.
Hugo Keenan will start at full-back, with Stuart McCloskey and Garry Ringrose in midfield, and Jamison Gibson-Park at scrum-half.
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Dan Sheehan skippers the team from hooker, and he’s joined in the front-row by Tom O’Toole and Tadhg Furlong.
Joe McCarthy and James Ryan are the locks, with a back-row of Tadhg Beirne, Josh van der Flier and Jack Conan.
