Two years on from the victory over the All Blacks at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ireland return to the scene of that game this weekend.
This time, it is a less glamorous fixture. Joe Schmidt's side face Italy on Saturday evening.
The Ireland head coach this morning name his squad for the game. It is a 26-man group without many of the names who will feature in the big November games against Argentina on November 10th and New Zealand on November 17th.
The which travels to Chicago features two uncapped players: Leinster's Ross Byrne and Ulster's Will Addison. Joe Carbery is the other out-half in the squad.
The exclusion of Kieran Marmion suggests that the Connacht scrum-half will have a big part to play next month in Conor Murray's absence.
Forwards:
Finlay Bealham
Tadhg Furlong
Dave Kilcoyne
Jack McGrath
Andrew Porter
Sean Cronin
Niall Scannell
Tadhg Beirne
Quinn Roux
James Ryan
Devin Toner
Jack Conan
Jordi Murphy
Rhys Ruddock
Josh van der Flier
Backs:
Luke McGrath
John Cooney
Ross Byrne
Joey Carbery
Bundee Aki
Garry Ringrose
Will Addison
Andrew Conway
Jordan Larmour
Jacob Stockdale
Darren Sweetnam
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