Irish Rugby coach Joe Schmidt has rung the changes for Saturday’s Test Match against Australia in Dublin.
Gordon D’Arcy and Connor Murray have been dropped. Luke Marshall and Eoin Reddan are preferred at inside centre and scrum half.
Paul O’Connell, Johnny Sexton, Cian Healy and Sean O’Brien also come into a side that sees 6 changes from that which started the win over Samoa last week.
Devin Toner will start alongside O’Connell in the second row for the first time.
The Irish captain says this selection shows the new coaching set up is looking to build competition in the squad:
