JOE SCHMIDT WILL hand Munster lock Dave Foley and Leinster back row Dominic Ryan international debuts in Sunday’s November Test against Georgia.
Both players been named in Ireland’s starting team to face the 15th-ranked team in the world, while Darren Cave has been recalled in the midfield. Robin Copeland is included on the bench, from where he will hope to make his international debut.
Eoin Reddan will captain his country for the first time from scrum-half.
With Schmidt opting to rest some of Ireland’s big names ahead of next Saturday’s meeting with Australia in Dublin, Ian Madigan takes over from Johnny Sexton at out-half, with his Leinster teammate Reddan starting in the nine shirt.
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34-year-old Gordon D’Arcy is back in the team after missing out last weekend, with Ulster’s Cave selected at 13 despite not having been part of Schmidt’s original 37-man November Tests squad.
Simon Zebo continues on the left wing for Ireland, with Felix Jones replacing Rob Kearney at fullback and the in-form Ulsterman Craig Gilroy in for Tommy Bowe on the right.
Up front, Mike Ross’ experience and scrummaging solidity sees him retained for a potentially brusing challenge against the Georgians, while Schmidt brings Richardt Strauss and Dave Kilcoyne into the starting front row.
Foley is rewarded for his superb form for Munster with his first cap in the second row, where he will be partnered by Leinster’s Mike McCarthy, who featured off the bench last weekend against South Africa.
Dave Foley comes into the second row for his debut. Inpho / Billy Stickland
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Finally, the back row is filled by Tommy O’Donnell, Ryan and Ulster’s Robbie Diack. O’Donnell starts at openside flanker, Ryan wins his first cap on the blindside and Diack is named at number eight.
Off the bench, Munster number eight Copeland is poised make his international debut, while Rodney Ah You, Kieran Marmion, Ian Keatley and Stuart Olding will all expect to add to their own stock of Ireland caps in the second half.
Ireland team to face Georgia:
15. Felix Jones
14. Craig Gilroy
13. Darren Cave
12. Gordon D’Arcy
11. Simon Zebo
10. Ian Madigan
9. Eoin Reddan (captain)
1. Dave Kilcoyne
2. Richardt Strauss
3. Mike Ross
4. Dave Foley
5. Mike McCarthy
6. Dominic Ryan
7. Tommy O’Donnell
8. Robbie Diack
Replacements: Sean Cronin, Jack McGrath, Rodney Ah You, Devin Toner, Robin Copeland, Kieran Marmion, Ian Keatley, Stuart Olding.
An inexplicable decision to be fair. Clarke received man of the match in many places in the drawn game only to be dropped. His kickouts would have been better than Hennellys anyway.
@Niall Mcintyre: Absolutely ,Rochford thought he was giving Gavin a curve-ball insofar Dublin had planned for Clarke’s deliveries.Unprecedented & inexplicable decision which lost Mayo the match.
Rochford tried and failed miserably at pulling a rabbit out of a hat !
They made a call, it backfired but honestly, if they had balls, they would have realised their mistake at half time and put Clarke back in. Hennelly cost them 3 points in the 1st half alone. Didn’t think it was the right call from the minute I heard the rumours earlier in the day.
Dublin put serious pressure on him in the first 5 mins and he cracked. Dublin management deserve some credit for this. Big call changing the keeper for the all Ireland.
Stephen Rochford your system failed. Your bullshit system. Any sign of the great Aiden O’Shea? Dropping one of the top keepers in the country for a lad who hasn’t started in the championship all year ffs enough said. Ye had yere chance the first day when the Dubs were asleep. Better luck next time Mayo
Pretty classless alright. There were any amount of Dublin fans rubbing it in our faces after the game today and it really started to pi$$ me off after a while. Then of course there was those Dublin fans who were saying to ignore them idiots. To the proper fans I say enjoy the win, I would have. To the others I hope youre puking your ring up tonight
Spodo, as a Dub, I’ve endured many a ribbing from Mayo fans after 2006 and 2012. It’s part and parcel. Roll with it, it makes the good days even nicer.
I don’t doubt it Thomas. I have sat beside dubs and had a good Craic with them before and inevitably congratulated them when they won. The good well outnumber the bad I just thought the original comment was unnecessarily kicking mayo fans while they’re down
I feel sorry for the keeper but at every level as a goalkeeper, when you make a mistake, everybody knows and more often than not it costs your team. The major turning point today came from the keepers error and that’s something he will have to live with. It’s part of being a keeper. Even so, Mayo had chances to equalise and stupid decisions cost them. It was managements decision not to back Clarke and ultimately that’s what cost them.
There was a sense of disbelief among Mayo fans when the rumours of this change started circulating, a crazy decision, the modern game and the extinction of a traditional robust full back mean your keeper need to be dominant in the air.Hennelly has consistently been shown in his Mayo career to be extremely suspect under a high ball and it has ultimately cost his team an all Ireland.
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Feel sorry for the keeper. Mistakes happen. He shouldn’t be blamed.
An inexplicable decision to be fair. Clarke received man of the match in many places in the drawn game only to be dropped. His kickouts would have been better than Hennellys anyway.
@Niall Mcintyre: Absolutely ,Rochford thought he was giving Gavin a curve-ball insofar Dublin had planned for Clarke’s deliveries.Unprecedented & inexplicable decision which lost Mayo the match.
Rochford tried and failed miserably at pulling a rabbit out of a hat !
Clarke’s kickouts were poor the first day. Hennelly was worse but you can’t fault the management for making a change.
They made a call, it backfired but honestly, if they had balls, they would have realised their mistake at half time and put Clarke back in. Hennelly cost them 3 points in the 1st half alone. Didn’t think it was the right call from the minute I heard the rumours earlier in the day.
It’s ironic that the guy that came on for him when he was black carded was super on kick outs.
Dublin put serious pressure on him in the first 5 mins and he cracked. Dublin management deserve some credit for this. Big call changing the keeper for the all Ireland.
Stephen Rochford your system failed. Your bullshit system. Any sign of the great Aiden O’Shea? Dropping one of the top keepers in the country for a lad who hasn’t started in the championship all year ffs enough said. Ye had yere chance the first day when the Dubs were asleep. Better luck next time Mayo
Lack of class present there
Seeing as you referenced class, I’ll point you to your response to my comment above. Hardly oozing class yourself Spodgy.
You’re a parody spoddgy! It’s for people like you was the main reason I was delighted it was a one point win… Give you something extra to moan about!
I’d almost feel sorry for them, but then I think of how much they’d have rubbed it in if they’d won, then that goes away
Where does this come from? We would have been happy to win. You are a classless person.
Pretty classless alright. There were any amount of Dublin fans rubbing it in our faces after the game today and it really started to pi$$ me off after a while. Then of course there was those Dublin fans who were saying to ignore them idiots. To the proper fans I say enjoy the win, I would have. To the others I hope youre puking your ring up tonight
Spodo, as a Dub, I’ve endured many a ribbing from Mayo fans after 2006 and 2012. It’s part and parcel. Roll with it, it makes the good days even nicer.
I don’t doubt it Thomas. I have sat beside dubs and had a good Craic with them before and inevitably congratulated them when they won. The good well outnumber the bad I just thought the original comment was unnecessarily kicking mayo fans while they’re down
I feel sorry for the keeper but at every level as a goalkeeper, when you make a mistake, everybody knows and more often than not it costs your team. The major turning point today came from the keepers error and that’s something he will have to live with. It’s part of being a keeper. Even so, Mayo had chances to equalise and stupid decisions cost them. It was managements decision not to back Clarke and ultimately that’s what cost them.
Completely agree. A strange decision that didn’t pay off in the end. Thought Mayo were trying to be too clever meself.
There was a sense of disbelief among Mayo fans when the rumours of this change started circulating, a crazy decision, the modern game and the extinction of a traditional robust full back mean your keeper need to be dominant in the air.Hennelly has consistently been shown in his Mayo career to be extremely suspect under a high ball and it has ultimately cost his team an all Ireland.
Hoe did he not pick Clarke the stupid bullox!!