Four Munster men named in Irish XV for RWC opener

Joe Schmidt has included four Munster men in his side to face Scotland this Sunday in the Rugby World Cup.

There are eight Munster men in the 23-man-squad in total.

There are starts in the back row for Peter O’Mahony and CJ Stander.

Conor Murray starts at scrum half while Andrew Conway is named on the wing.

John Ryan, Dave Kilcornan, Tadgh Beirne and Chris Farrell are among the replacements.

In total there are eight men making their RWC debut.

Ireland Team & Replacements (v Scotland, Rugby World Cup 2019, Pool A, Yokohama Stadium, Sunday, September 22, 16:45 JST / 08:45 Irish time)

15. Jordan Larmour (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 16 caps*
14. Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 15 caps*
13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 24 caps*
12. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 20 caps*
11. Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 21 caps*
10. Jonathan Sexton (St Marys College/Leinster) 84 caps
9. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 74 caps
1. Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 91 caps
2. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 120 caps CAPTAIN
3. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 36 caps
4. Iain Henderson (Queens University/Ulster) 48 caps
5. James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 19 caps*
6. Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 59 caps
7. Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 19 caps*
8. CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 33 caps*

Replacements
16. Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) 16 caps*
17. Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 31 caps*
18. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 18 caps*
19. Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster) 8 caps*
20. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 16 caps*
21. Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 14 caps*
22. Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht) 7 caps*
23. Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster) 7 caps*

*Denotes Rugby World Cup Debut