Declan Kidney has named Craig Gilroy and Simon Zebo on the wings for Saturdays Six Nations opener with Wales at the Milenium stadium. The young wingers have just four international caps between them.

Rob Kearney is at full back with Brian O'Driscoll and Gordon D'Arcy in the centre and Sexton and Murray in the half backs.

Peter O'Mahony gets the number 6 jersey with Sean O'Brien on the openside and Captain Jamie Heaslip at number 8, Donnacha Ryan and Mike Mc Carthy are in the second row with Ross, Best and Healy in the front row.

Keith Earls is on the bench while Dave Kilcoyne and Declan Fitzpatrick provide front row cover with Chris Henry there for the back row.

Ireland team to play wales on Saturday, 1.30 pm  at The Millenium Stadium, Cardiff.

15 Rob Kearney

14 Craig Gilroy

13 Brian O’Driscoll

12 Gordon D’Arcy

11 Simon Zebo

10 Jonathan Sexton

9 Conor Murray

1 Cian Healy

2 Rory Best

3 Mike Ross

4 Mike McCarthy

5 Donncha Ryan

6 Peter O’Mahony

7 Sean O’Brien

8 Jamie Heaslip.

Replacements

16 Sean Cronin 17 David Kilcoyne 18 Declan Fitzpatrick 19 Donnacha O’Callaghan 20 Chris Henry 21 Eoin Reddan 22 Ronan O’Gara 23 Keith Earls

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