Tarf, Leinster and Irish loose-head prop Cian Healy makes his RWC debut against Australia in Eden Park, Auckland on Saturday.
The Heineken Cup winner joins fellow Tarf prop Mike Ross in the front row which is completed by Ulster’s Rory Best. Completing the Tarf Trio in the Irish starting line-up is Sean O’Brien who comes in at openside. O’Brien is also making his RWC debut.
The match will be shown live on big screens in the club on Saturday morning with a full breakfast on offer in the bar.
Good luck to the Tarf lads and all the Irish team!!
IRELAND Team & Replacements (v Australia, 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Eden
Park, Saturday, September 17, kick-off 8.30pm local time/9.30am Irish time):
15 – Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) *
14 – Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
11 – Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
10 – Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
9 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) *
2 – Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3 – Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5 – Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
6 – Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)
7 – Sean O’Brien (Clontarf/Leinster) *
8 – Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)
Replacements:
16 – Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
17 – Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)
18 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster) *
19 – Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
20 – Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
21 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
22 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
*Denotes RWC debutant