Ireland Men’s interim Head Coach Paul O’Connell has named the Ireland team to face Portugal in the second game of the two-Test Summer series on Saturday evening in Estádio Nacional do Jamor, Lisbon kick off 7pm
There are two debutants in the starting XV with Connacht’s Shayne Bolton (Ireland men’s cap number 1,175) lining out on the left wing in a back three featuring Leinster duo Jimmy O’Brien, who continues at full-back, and right wing Tommy O’Brien.
The third potential debutant sees Connacht’s Hugh Gavin promoted to the replacements bench and the former Ireland Under-20 Grand Slam winner, who like his provincial team-mate Bolton scored on his Ireland ‘A’ debut in February.
Saturday’s game in Lisbon will be Ireland’s 765th Men’s Test
Ireland Team & Replacements:
15: Jimmy O’Brien (Naas/Leinster)(9)
14: Tommy O’Brien (UCD/Leinster)(1)
13: Jamie Osborne (Naas/Leinster)(8)
12: Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster)(20)
11: Shayne Bolton (Connacht)*
10: Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution/Munster)(25)
9: Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster)(captain)(19)
1: Jack Boyle (UCD/Leinster)(3)
2: Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)(5)
3: Thomas Clarkson (Dublin University/Leinster)(7)
4: Tom Ahern (Shannon/Munster)(1)
5: Darragh Murray (Buccaneers/Connacht)(1)
6: Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster)(28)
7: Alex Kendellen (UCC/Munster)*
8: Cian Prendergast (UCD/Connacht)(4)
Replacements:
16: Tom Stewart (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(3)
17: Michael Milne (UCD/Munster)(1)
18: Tom O’Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(16)
19: Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(2)
20: Max Deegan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(3)
21: Ben Murphy (Clontarf/Connacht)(1)
22: Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster)(8)
23: Hugh Gavin (Galwegians/Connacht)*
