Ireland team to face Wales

The Ireland Team to play Wales on Saturday, 2nd February 2013 in Millennium Stadium, Cardiff in the RBS 6 Nations Championship, Kick off 1.30pm is: (Player/club/province/international caps): 15 - Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster/41) 14 - Craig Gilroy (Dungannon/Ulster/1) 13 - Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster/120) 12 - Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster/71) 11 - Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster/3) 10 - Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary’s College/Leinster/34) 9 - Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster/14) 1 - Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster/35) 2 - Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster/62) 3 - Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster/24) 4 - Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers/Connacht/6) 5 - Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster/23) 6 - Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster/9) 7 - Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster/22) 8 - Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster/52) Captain Replacements: 16 - Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster/23) 17 - David Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster/2) 18 - Declan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster/2) 19 - Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster/91) 20 - Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster/4) 21 - Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster/47) 22 - Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster/126) 23 - Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster/34) Click play above to hear Kidney's reasoning for leaving Keith Earls on the bench
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