Kidney shows his true colours for selection to play All -Blacks

Kidney's team to play the All Blacks has 6 changes from the Ireland V Canada mis-match in Thomond Park last week-end. With the exception of Tommy Bowe and Rory Best, it's very much Blue at the back and Red in the cockpit and up front. Jamie Heaslip being the only Blue in the front eight.

15 – Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster)
14 – Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) Captain
12 – Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
11 – Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
10 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
9 – Tomas O'Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
1 – Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
2 – Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3 – John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5 – Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
6 – Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster)
7 – David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
8 – Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)

Jamie Heaslip