Irish rugby team to play Scotland - Kick off 3pm Sunday

There are three changes to the Irish rugby team to play Scotland that played New Zealand – Trimble, Marshall and Henry come in for Bowe, D’Arcy and O’Brien. Kick Off 3pm Sunday.

Brian O’Driscoll and Rob Kearney will both reach significant career milestones when they line out against Scotland at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

O’Driscoll will earn his 129^th cap on Sunday and in doing so becomes Ireland’s most capped player of all time while Kearney will claim his 50^th cap for Ireland.

Paul O’Connell captain’s the side and will be partnered in the second row by Devin Toner. The front-row is made up of Leinster duo Cian Healy and Mike Ross with Ulster’s Rory Best at hooker.

The backrow sees Chris Henry come in at openside with Munster captain Peter O’Mahony on the blindside and Jamie Heaslip at No.8.

Conor Murray partners Johnny Sexton at half-back with Luke Marshall and Brian O’Driscoll partnered in the centre.  The back three sees Rob Kearney at fullback and Dave Kearney and Andrew Trimble on the wings.

Highlights from today’s press conference can be viewed on IrishRugbyTV.

IRELAND Team Replacements v Scotland, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, RBS 6 Nations Championship, Sunday, February 2^nd kick-off 15.00 GMT

Player/Club/Province/Caps 

15. Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 49

14. David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster) 2

13. Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) 128

12. Luke Marshall (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 4

11. Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 50

10. Jonathan Sexton (Racing Metro 92) 38

9. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 22

8. Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster) 60

7. Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster) 9

6. Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 19

5. Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster) 88 capt

4. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 10

3. Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster) 34

2. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 70

1. Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 42

Replacements

16. Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 30

17. Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 3

18. Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster)*

19. Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster) 7

20. Tommy O’Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster) 2

21. Isaac Boss (Terenure College/Leinster) 17

22. Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster) 5

23. Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 21

Click to bet with Boylesports.com for the Six Nations

Wales 2/1

England 5/2

France 11/4

Ireland 5/1

Scotland 40/1

Italy 150/1

To win the Grand Slam

No Winner 8/13

Wales 6/1

England 13/2

France 13/2

Ireland 10/1

Scotland 100/1

Italy 500/1

Matches

1^st February                                                                Home  Draw   Away

Wales V Italy                                                               1/20     50/1     11/1

France V England                                                        4/7       20/1     13/8

2^nd February                                                               Home  Draw   Away

Ireland V Scotland                                                       1/7       33/1     11/2

Handicap

1^st February                            Draw  

10/11 Wales (-19)                   25/1                 Italy (+19) 10/11

10/11 France (-4)                    20/1                 England (+4) 10/11

2^nd February                           Draw              

10/11 Ireland (-12)                 25/1                 Scotland (+12) 10/11

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Irish rugby team to play Scotland - Kick off 3pm Sunday