Ireland team named for final Test of Summer Tour v Japan

Published: Thu 22 Jun 2017, 9:48 AM

Last updated: Thu 22 Jun 2017, 10:50 AM

The Ireland coaching group has named the Ireland squad for the final game of the 2017 Summer Tour as Ireland take on Japan at the Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday.

Captain Rhys Ruddock lines out on the blindside flank and is joined in the backrow by Jack Conan at No.8 and Josh van der Flier at openside. Devin Toner is paired with Kieran Treadwell in the second row while James Tracy comes in at hooker in a front row that also contains Cian Healy and John Ryan.

Kieran Marmion returns to his more accustomed role at scrum-half to partner Paddy Jackson at fly-half. Luke Marshall comes back in having started against the USA to play alongside Garry Ringrose in midfield. Andrew Conway switches to fullback with Keith Earls and Jacob Stockdale named on the wings.

The replacements are Niall Scannell, Dave Kilcoyne, Andrew Porter, James Ryan, Sean Reidy, Rory Scannell, Tiernan O'Halloran and the uncapped John Cooney. .

The match kicks off at 14:40 local time (06:40 Irish time) and is being broadcast by Eir in ROI.

IRELAND v Japan – Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo, Japan


15.	Andrew Conway	(Garryowen/Munster)	<em><strong>2 caps</strong></em>
14.	Keith Earls	(Young Munster/Munster)	<em><strong>61 caps</strong></em>
13.	Garry Ringrose	(UCD/Leinster)	<em><strong>10 caps</strong></em>
12.	Luke Marshall	(Ballymena/Ulster)	<em><strong>10 caps</strong></em>
11.	Jacob Stockdale	(Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)	<em><strong>1 cap</strong></em>
10.	Paddy Jackson	(Dungannon/Ulster)	<em><strong>24 caps</strong></em>
9.	Kieran Marmion	(Corinthians/Connacht)	<em><strong>15 caps</strong></em>

1.	Cian Healy	(Clontarf/Leinster)	<em><strong>69 caps</strong></em>
2.	James Tracy	(UCD/Leinster)	<em><strong>3 caps</strong></em>
3.	John Ryan	(Cork Constitution/Munster)	<em><strong>8 caps</strong></em>
4.	Kieran Treadwell	(Ballymena/Ulster)	<em><strong>1 cap</strong></em>
5.	Devin Toner	(Lansdowne/Leinster)	<em><strong>49 caps</strong></em>
6.	Rhys Ruddock <strong>(c)</strong>	(St Mary's College/Leinster)	<em><strong>15 caps</strong></em>
7.	Josh van der Flier	(UCD/Leinster)	<em><strong>8 caps</strong></em>
8.	Jack Conan	(Old Belvedere/Leinster)	<em><strong>3 caps</strong></em>


<strong>Replacements</strong>
16.	Niall Scannell	(Dolphin/Munster)	<em><strong>6 caps</strong></em>
17.	Dave Kilcoyne	(UL Bohemians/Munster)	<em><strong>19 caps</strong></em>
18.	Andrew Porter	(UCD/Leinster)	<em><strong>1 cap</strong></em>
19.	James Ryan	(UCD/Leinster)	<em><strong>1 cap</strong></em>
20.	Sean Reidy	(Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)	<em><strong>1 cap</strong></em>
21.	John Cooney	(Connacht)	<em><strong>uncapped</strong></em>
22.	Rory Scannell	(Dolphin/Munster)	<em><strong>2 caps</strong></em>
23.	Tiernan O'Halloran	(Buccaneers/Connacht)	<em><strong>5 caps</strong></em>