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Conor Murray ruled out as Scmhidt makes three changes for England

Irish head coach Joe Schmidt has made three changes to his side for Saturday's Six Nations finale wi...
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Conor Murray ruled out as Scmhidt makes three changes for England

TodayFM
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2:03 PM - 16 Mar 2017



Irish head coach Joe Schmidt has made three changes to his side for Saturday's Six Nations finale with England.

Conor Murray misses out with the shoulder injury picked up against Wales last Friday, despite being passed fit on Monday.

Kieran Marmion replaces him in the starting team, while Leinster's Luke McGrath deputises on the subs bench.

Devin Toner has been dropped to the subs bench, with Iain Henderson coming into the second row to partner Donnacha Ryan.

And the final change to the team sees Jared Payne come in at full back, with Rob Kearney ruled out.

Andrew Conway comes into the the matchday squad and is in line to make his debut, while Peter O'Mahony must settle for a place on the bench once again.

 

Team in full:

15. Jared Payne

14. Keith Earls

13. Garry Ringrose

12. Robbie Henshaw

11. Simon Zebo

10. Johnny Sexton

9. Kieran Marmion

 

1. Jack McGrath

2. Rory Best

3. Tadhg Furlong

4. Donnacha Ryan

5. Iain Henderson

6. CJ Stander

7. Sean O'Brien

8. Jamie Heaslip

Replacements

16. Niall Scannell

17. Cian Healy

18. John Ryan

19. Devin Toner

20. Peter O'Mahony 

21. Luke McGrath

22. Paddy Jackson 

23. Andrew Conway

 



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