Earls deployed to down Dragons
1 Feb 2012
Keith Earls replaces the injured Brian O’Driscoll in Ireland’s midfield for their Six Nations opener against Wales on Sunday.
O’Driscoll will miss the tournament through injury and Earls partners Gordon D’Arcy. Andrew Trimble comes into the team on the left wing, while Connor Murray partners Jonathan Sexton in the halfbacks.
Ireland - 15 -Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster), 14 – Tommy Bowe (Ospreys), 13 – Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster), 12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster), 11 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster), 10 – Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), 9 – Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster), 8 – Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster), 7 – Sean O’Brien (Clontarf/Leinster), 6 – Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster), 5 – Paul O’Connell (c) (Young Munster/Munster), 4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster), 3 – Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster), 2 – Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster), 1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Subs: 16 -Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), 17 – Tom Court (Malone/Ulster), 18 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster), 19 – Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster), 20 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster), 21 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster), 22 – Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
3 Comments
1 Feb 2012, 17:07 pm
**** I thought this was earl the pearl – wonder what happened to him? Too small
1 Feb 2012, 17:23 pm
@cab-1: snap! i also thought they was talking of earl rose…who by the way might feature for the Kings *shudder* on saturday against the bulls
1 Feb 2012, 18:07 pm
Yeah kings got to have heaps of talent to try bring on, forget earl
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