Strong Ireland Team Named To Face Japan

A strong Ireland team has been named to face Japan this weekend, with Keith Earls and Rob Kearney returning the starting XV after missing out against Scotland.

Despite playing the full 80 minutes on Sunday, captain Rory Best starts once again alongside his front row comrades of Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong. The second and back rows are also unchanged from Scotland but Jack Carty starts at out half, with Johnny Sexton ruled out with an injury.

Kearney and Earls replace Jordan Larmour and Andrew Conway respectively.

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Here's the Ireland team to play Japan on Saturday. A 50th cap for @HendersonIain and 4 changes from Scotland.#TeamOfUs #ShoulderToShoulder #JPNvIRE pic.twitter.com/3NtyTpWNAQ

— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) September 26, 2019

The full team is: R Kearney; K Earls, G Ringrose, C Farrell, J Stockdale; J Carty, C Murray; C Healy, R Best, T Furlong; I Henderson, J Ryan; P O'Mahony, J van der Flier, CJ Stander.

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