Ireland change five
For the team to play Argentina on Sunday, there are five changes from the one which played with so much spirit against New Zealand last weekend.
The Ireland team to play Argentina in the final game of the Guinness Series shows five changes to the starting team that took the field against New Zealand last Saturday.
Rob Kearney is injured and replaced by Tigers fullback Geordan Murphy, a player of great courage and experience. Andrew Trimble comes onto the wing in the place of Luke Fitzgerald while Peter Stringer wins his 95th cap, selected ahead of Eoin Reddan who is on the bench.
There are two changes in the pack. Sean Cronin replaces injured Rory Best while Tony Buckley has come back from injury in the place of Tom Court,
Damien Varley comes onto the bench as a hooker replacement.
Ireland: 15 Geordan Murphy, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O'Driscoll (captain), 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Peter Stringer, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 David Wallace, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Mick O'Driscoll, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Damien Varley, 17 Tom Court, 18 Devin Toner, 19 Denis Leamy, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Ronan O'Gara, 22 Keith Earls.
Date: Sunday, 28 November 2010
Kick-off: 14.30 (14.30 GMT)
Venue: Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Stuart Terheege (England)
TMO: Daniel Gillet (France)