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Joe Schmidt Names Irish Side To Face USA On Saturday

Joe Schmidt Names Irish Side To Face USA On Saturday
Gavin Cooney
By Gavin Cooney
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Shorn of their Lions - four of whom start against the Crusaders on Saturday morning - Ireland have named a relatively inexperienced side to face the United States in New York on Saturday.

Jacob Stockdale of Ulster makes his debut on the wing, with Dave Heffernan, James Ryan, Rory Scannell, and Andrew Porter in line for debuts off the bench.

Elsewhere, Rhys Ruddock captains the side from the back-row, where he is joined by Josh Van Der Flier and Jack Conan. Quinn Roux and Devin Toner are in the engine room, and they will scrum down with John Ryan, Niall Scannell, and Cian Healy ahead of them.

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Joey Carbery and Kieron Marmion are the half-backs, Garry Ringrose and Luke Marshall are the centres, with Keith Earls and Tiernan O'Halloran completing the back three.

Simon Zebo, Dan Leavy, Dave Kilcoyne, and Luke McGrath are the experienced players on the bench.

Here's the full squad, courtesy of the IRFU's fancy GIF:

Kick-off is at 5pm local time in New York, meaning it starts at 10pm here.

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