Tadhg Beirne is the only Munster player to feature in the starting 15 for Ireland’s November International Against Australia on Saturday night.
Connacht and Lions player, Mack Hansen, who returns from a foot injury, will start at full-back for Ireland replacing the injured Jamie Osborne.
Head coach Andy Farrell explained why Hansen is the natural choice to step in this weekend:
The Ireland Team in full to play Australia is:
Backs
15. Mack Hansen (Corinthians/Connacht)(28)
14. Tommy O’Brien (Blackrock College/Leinster)(4)
13. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster)(83)
12. Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster)(23)
11. James Lowe (Leinster)(41)
10. Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)(11)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)(44)
Forwards
1. Paddy McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)(2)
2. Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(33)
3. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)(80)
4. James Ryan (UCD/Leinster)(74)
5. Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster)(63)
6. Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster)(31)
7. Caelan Doris (St Mary’s College/Leinster)(53)(captain)
8. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)(53)
Replacements:
16. Rónan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)(41)
17. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)(77)
18. Thomas Clarkson (Blackrock College/Leinster)(9)
19. Nick Timoney (Banbridge/Ulster)(5)
20. Cian Prendergast (UCD/Connacht)(6)
21. Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster)(22)
22. Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution/Munster)(28)
23. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht)(66).
