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O'Brien blow for Ireland

By Online Editors
Thursday 8 Mar 2012

Ireland flank Sean O'Brien has been forced to withdraw from the Six Nations game against Scotland due to a skin infection on his foot, which has failed to recover as quickly as expected.

Peter O'Mahony will now move from the replacements to start at No.7, with Shane Jennings being called into the squad to take O'Mahony's place on the bench.

Ireland - revised: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Peter O'Mahony, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best (captain), 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Mike McCarthy, 19 Shane Jennings, 20 Tomas O'Leary, 21 Ronan O'Gara, 22 Fergus McFadden.

Date: Saturday, March 10
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 17.00 (17.00 GMT)
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite, Greg Garner (England)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)

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