The Ireland team to play England in the RBS Six Nations at Lansdowne Road on Sunday, February 27 (kick-off 3.00pm), is as follows:
15 – Geordan Murphy
(Leicester), DOB 19/04/78, 28 Caps
14 - Girvan Dempsey
(Leinster - Terenure College), 02/10/75, 55 Caps
13 – Brian O'Driscoll
(Leinster – Blackrock College), 21/01/1979, 56 Caps (Captain)
12 – Shane Horgan
(Leinster - Lansdowne), 18/07/1978, 36 Caps
11 – Denis Hickie
(Leinster – St. Mary’s College), 13/02/76, 48 Caps
10 – Ronan O’Gara
(Munster – Cork Constitution), 07/03/77, 49 Caps
9 – Peter Stringer
(Munster – Shannon), 13/12/77, 53 Caps
1 – Reggie Corrigan
(Leinster – Greystones), 19/11/70, 41 Caps
2 – Shane Byrne
(Leinster – Blackrock College), 18/07/71, 35 Caps
3 – John Hayes
(Munster – Bruff), 02/11/73, 51 Caps
4 – Malcolm O’Kelly
(Leinster – St. Mary’s College), 19/07/74, 70 Caps
5 – Paul O’Connell
(Munster – Young Munster), 20/10/79, 26 Caps
6 – Simon Easterby
(Llanelli), 21/07/75, 39 Caps
7 – Johnny O’Connor
(Wasps), 09/06/82, 3 Caps
8 – Anthony Foley
(Munster – Shannon), 30/10/73, 59 Caps
Replacements:
16 – Frank Sheahan
(Munster – Cork Constitution), 27/08/76, 21 Caps
17 – Marcus Horan
(Munster – Shannon), 07/09/77, 25 Caps
18 – Donncha O’Callaghan
(Munster – Cork Constitution), 23/03/79, 15 Caps
19 – Eric Miller
(Leinster – Terenure College), 23/9/75, 44 Caps
20 – Guy Easterby
(Leinster – Blackrock College), 21/03/71, 28 Caps
21 – David Humphreys
(Ulster – Dungannon), 10/09/71, 66 Caps
22 – Kevin Maggs
(Ulster - Belfast Harlequins), 03/06/1974, 67 Caps
Not considered due to injury: Gordon D'Arcy (Leinster - Lansdowne) {Leg}, Keith Gleeson (Leinster – St. Mary’s College) {Leg}, Neil McMillan (Ulster – Ballymena) {Knee}.
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