Ireland kicked off their 2024 Championship with wins over France and Italy and following a down week, return to action in front of another sold out Aviva Stadium crowd this Saturday.
Captain Peter O’Mahony returns to the Ireland starting team for the Round 3 clash against Warren Gatland‘s side, becoming the ninth Ireland player to reach 50 appearances in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations, following in the footsteps of Rory Best, Ronan O’Gara, Brian O’Driscoll, Cian Healy, Jonathan Sexton, Conor Murray, John Hayes and Paul O’Connell.
Ireland team to face Wales (14:15)
15. Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster)(2), 14. Calvin Nash (Young Munster/Munster)(3), 13. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster)(69),, 12. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht)(53) 11. James Lowe (Leinster)(28), 10. Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution/Munster)(11), 9. Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)(32), 1. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)(61), 2. Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(23), 3. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)(73), 4. Joe McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)(7), 5. Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster)(47), 6. Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)(captain)(102), 7. Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)(59), 8. Caelan Doris (St Mary’s College/Leinster)(38)
Replacements
16. Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)(28), 17. Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)(126), 18. Oli Jager (Munster)*, 19. James Ryan (UCD/Leinster)(61), 20. Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster)(17), 21. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)(43), 22. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)(113), 23. Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster)(16).
*Denotes uncapped player
