Andy Farrell has named his Eire group for Friday night time’s Autumn Nations Collection match
Andy Farrell has named the 23 gamers who will tackle the All Blacks on the Aviva Stadium on Friday night time, a repeat of the World Cup quarter-final that led to Irish heartbreak final 12 months.
The Eire head coach has picked a facet full of expertise, and welcomes again a number of gamers who missed the summer season tour to South Africa. Scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and wing Mack Hansen have recovered from harm, whereas full-back Hugo Keenan returns to the fold after his adventures in sevens on the Paris Olympics.
Caelan Doris has been chosen to captain the group over the 4 matches of the Autumn Nations Collection. Common skipper Peter O’Mahony (himself getting back from harm) is on the bench.
“It’s a massively thrilling 4 weeks forward in Aviva Stadium and we all know we’ll must carry out at a excessive stage to beat a top-class New Zealand facet,” stated Farrell on asserting his group. “The problem doesn’t come a lot larger or higher than New Zealand at a packed Aviva Stadium on a Friday night time, below lights, with a house crowd roaring us on.”
The match kicks off at 8.10pm GMT on Friday 8 November.
Learn extra: The complete set of upcoming Eire fixtures
Eire group Autumn Internationals – v New Zealand
15. Hugo Keenan
14. Mack Hansen
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Bundee Aki
11. James Lowe
10. Jack Crowley
9. Jamison Gibson-Park
1. Andrew Porter
2. Rónan Kelleher
3. Finlay Bealham
4. Joe McCarthy
5. James Ryan
6. Tadhg Beirne
7. Josh van der Flier
8. Caelan Doris (captain)
Replacements:
16. Rob Herring
17. Cian Healy
18. Tom O’Toole
19. Iain Henderson
20. Peter O’Mahony
21. Conor Murray
22. Ciaran Frawley
23. Jamie Osborne
Eire Autumn Nations Collection squad 2024
Forwards
Ryan Baird (Dublin College/Leinster, 22 caps)
Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht, 42 caps)
Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster, 52 caps)
Caelan Doris (St Mary’s Faculty/Leinster, 43 caps)
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster, 78 caps)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster, 131 caps)
Dave Heffernan (Buccaneers/Connacht, 7 caps)
Iain Henderson (Academy/Ulster, 81 caps)
Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster, 40 caps)
Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch/Ulster, uncapped)
Rónan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster, 33 caps)
Joe McCarthy (Dublin College/Leinster, 12 caps)
Peter O’Mahony (Cork Structure/Munster, 107 caps)
Tom O’Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster, 13 caps)
Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster, 66 caps)
Cian Prendergast (UCD/Connacht, 3 caps)
James Ryan (UCD/Leinster, 64 caps)
Nick Timoney (Banbridge/Ulster, 3 caps)
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster, 64 caps)
Backs
Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht, 57 caps)
Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster, 15 caps)
Jack Crowley (Cork Structure/Munster, 16 caps)
Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster, 6 caps)
Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster, 35 caps)
Mack Hansen (Corinthians/Connacht, 21 caps)
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster, 74 caps)
Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster, 39 caps)
James Lowe (Leinster, 33 caps)
Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster, 18 caps)
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster, 118 caps)
Calvin Nash (Younger Munster/Munster, 8 caps)
Jamie Osborne (Naas/Leinster, 2 caps)
Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster, uncapped)
Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster, 60 caps)
Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster, 37 caps)
Eire Autumn Nations Collection fixtures 2024
Friday 8 November 2024
- Eire v New Zealand
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 8.10pm GMT / 10.10pm SAST / 7.10am AEDT (Saturday) / 9.10am NZDT (Saturday) / 5.10pm ET / 2.10pm PT
Friday 15 November 2024
- Eire v Argentina
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 8.10pm GMT / 10.10pm SAST / 7.10am AEDT (Saturday) / 9.10am NZDT (Saturday) / 5.10pm ET / 2.10pm PT
Saturday 23 November 2024
- Eire v Fiji
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 3.10pm GMT / 5.10pm SAST / 2.10am AEDT (Sunday) / 4.10am NZDT (Sunday) / 10.10am ET / 7.10am PT
Saturday 30 November 2024
- Eire v Australia
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 3.10pm GMT / 5.10pm SAST / 2.10am AEDT (Sunday) / 4.10am NZDT (Sunday) / 10.10am ET / 7.10am PT