| Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin Date: Saturday, 12 November Kick-off: 13:00 GMT |
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Joey Carbery will begin at fly-half in opposition to Fiji as Eire head coach Andy Farrell makes 9 adjustments from the facet that beat South Africa.
Full-back Jimmy O’Brien is rewarded for a high quality show off the bench in opposition to the Springboks with a primary begin.
Stuart McCloskey has recovered from an arm harm and can line up alongside the fit-again Robbie Henshaw at centre.
Prop Jeremy Loughman will make his debut within the entrance row, the place he’ll be part of captain Tadhg Furlong.
Again-row ahead Cian Prendergast and Munster fly-half Jack Crowley are each additionally in line to make their senior debuts having been named among the many replacements, following spectacular performances on the current Rising Eire tour.
Carbery makes his first begin since Eire’s comfy Six Nations win over Italy on the finish of February, with Johnny Sexton rested.
Common captain Sexton picked up a useless leg within the second half of the Springboks sport however performed on. Nonetheless, he has been given an additional week to get well with one eye on the go to of Australia on 19 November.
Jamison Gibson-Park, who changed the injured Conor Murray within the first half, begins at scrum-half.
Within the pack, Furlong is one in all 4 gamers to retain his spot and can skipper the facet for the primary time on his 62nd look.
“We have documented fairly a bit over the past time period simply how a lot his management has come on and his standing throughout the group, so I’m an enormous believer in how individuals make individuals really feel,” stated Eire coach Andy Farrell of Furlong.
“Not simply in the course of the week however beforehand within the dressing-room simply earlier than they exit and he turns into the apparent alternative with that.”
Furlong is joined within the entrance row by debutant Loughman and the skilled Rob Herring, whose Ulster club-mate Kieran Treadwell companions Tadhg Beirne at lock.
Having fallen behind Peter O’Mahony within the struggle for a beginning spot in an ultra-competitive again row, Jack Conan is given the possibility to impress at quantity eight with Nick Timoney coming in at openside flanker.
Fiji started their northern hemisphere tour with a creditable 28-12 defeat by Scotland final Saturday.
“The unpredictability of what is coming this weekend is one thing that we need to get good at managing,” stated Farrell of the Fijian problem.
“As a result of the way in which we need to hold creating our sport with our decision-making and our ability execution below strain that unpredictability provides us an opportunity to check ourselves in some ways.”
Eire: O’Brien; Baloucoune, Henshaw, McCloskey, Hansen; Carbery, Gibson-Park; Loughman, Herring, Furlong (capt), Beirne, Treadwell; Doris, Timoney, Conan.
Replacements: Sheehan, Healy, O’Toole, Prendergast, Deegan, Casey, Crowley, Ringrose.
