Ireland Team For Saturday

Munster’s Simon Zebo will make his senior Irish international debut on Saturday against the All Blacks at Eden Park, Auckland, ko 8.35am Irish Time. He is one of two new caps – Declan Fitzpatrick the other – in an Ireland side that includes four of his Munster colleagues in the starting XV and two more on the bench. IRELAND: 15 – Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 14 – Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt) 12 – Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 11 – Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster) 10 – Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 9 – Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 2 – Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 3 – Declan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster) 4 – Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster) 5 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster) 6 – Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 7 – Sean O’Brien (Clontarf/Leinster) 8 – Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster) Replacements: 16 – Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 17 – Ronan Loughney (Galwegians/Connacht) * 18 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 19 – Kevin McLaughlin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 20 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster) 21 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) 22 – Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) Filed by JK 07062012