Rugby: Wallace regains fitness ahead of All-Blacks tie

David Wallace is believed to have regained his fitness ahead of Ireland’s clash with New Zealand in Lansdowne Road tomorrow.

Wallace has been nursing a shoulder injury all week, but should be fit to start the game - so too should Brian O’Driscoll and David Humphreys, both of whom were struggling with ankle injuries.

Teams for Ireland versus New Zealand, Lansdowne Road, Dublin, tomorrow, 2pm.

Ireland: G Dempsey (Terenure College); S Horgan (Lansdowne), B O’Driscoll (Blackrock College), K Maggs (Bath), D Hickie (St Mary’s College); D Humphreys (Dungannon), P Stringer (Shannon); P Clohessy (Young Munster), K Wood (Harlequins, capt), J Hayes (Shannon), M Galwey (Shannon), M O’Kelly (St Mary’s College), E Miller (Terenure College), D Wallace (Garryowen), A Foley (Shannon).

Replacements: F Sheahan (Cork Constitution), E Byrne (St Mary’s College), G Longwell (Ballymena), K Dawson (London Irish), G Easterby (Llanelli), R O’Gara (Cork Constitution), M Mullins (Young Munster).

New Zealand: L MacDonald (Canterbury); D Howlett (Auckland), T Umaga (Wellington), A Mauger (Canterbury), J Lomu (Wellington); A Mehrtens (Canterbury), B Kelleher (Otago); G Feek (Canterbury), A Oliver (Otago, capt), G Somerville (Canterbury), C Jack (Canterbury), N Maxwell (Canterbury), R Thorne (Canterbury), R McCaw (Canterbury), S Robertson (Canterbury).

Replacements: T Willis (Otago), D Hewett (Canterbury), D Waller (Wellington), M Holah (Waikato), M Robinson (North Harbour), B Blair (Canterbury), C Ralph (Canterbury).