Defending champions Eire have named the facet that can face England in Saturday’s eagerly-anticipated match on the opening weekend of this 12 months’s Six Nations, with Sam Prendergast beginning at out-half.
Eire kick off a marketing campaign at house by which they are going to goal to turn into the primary nation to win the competitors outright for 3 years in a row.
The facet is the primary picked to have been picked by Simon Easterby, who has been positioned interim cost whereas Andy Farrell is on secondment with the British and Irish Lions forward of their tour in Australia this summer season.
Saturday’s match at Aviva Stadium kicks off at 4.45pm.
England, in the meantime, named their first facet of this 12 months’s Six Nations on Tuesday, with brothers Tom and Ben Curry beginning collectively for the primary time.
Extra to observe…
Eire crew vs England
Beginning XV: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12. Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park; 1 Andrew Porter, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 3 Finlay Bealham, 4 James Ryan, 5 Tadhg Beirne, 6 Ryan Baird, 7 Josh van der Flier. 8. Caelan Doris (captain) (47)
Replacements: 16 Dan Sheehan, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Thomas Clarkson,19 Iain Henderson, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Jack Crowley, 23. Robbie Henshaw
England crew vs Eire
Beginning XV: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell; 1 Ellis Genge, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Will Stuart, 4 Maro Itoje (c) 5 George Martin, 6 Tom Curry, 7 Ben Curry, 8 Ben Earl.
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 Tom Willis, 22 Harry Randall, 23 Fin Smith
Six Nations 2025 fixtures: Eire
- February 1: Eire (h)
- February 9: Scotland (a)
- February 22: Wales (a)
- March 8: France (h)
- March 15: Italy (a)
