Six Nations: Irish team announced

The Irish team to play Scotland in the Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship at Lansdowne Road on Saturday is as follows:

15 - Girvan Dempsey (Leinster/Terenure College)

14 - Shane Horgan (Leinster/Lansdowne)

13 - Brian O'Driscoll (Leinster/Blackrock College)

12 - Kevin Maggs (Bath)

11 - Denis Hickie (Leinster/St. Mary's College)

10 - David Humphreys (Ulster/Dungannon)

9 - Peter Stringer (Munster/Shannon)

1 - Peter Clohessy (Munster/Young Munster)

2 - Frank Sheahan (Munster/Cork Constitution)

3 - John Hayes (Munster/Shannon)

4 - Mick Galwey (Munster/Shannon) Captain

5 - Malcolm O'Kelly (Leinster/St. Mary's College)

6 - Eric Miller (Leinster/Terenure College)

7 - David Wallace (Munster/Garryowen)

8 - Anthony Foley (Munster/Shannon)

Replacements:

16 - Shane Byrne (Leinster/Blackrock College),

17 - Paul Wallace Leinster/Blackrock College),

18 - Gary Longwell (Ulster/Ballymena)

19 - Simon Easterby (Llanelli), 20 - Guy Easterby (Llanelli),

21 - Ronan O'Gara (Munster/Cork Constitution),

22 - John Kelly (Munster/Cork Constitution).

Not considered: Paul O'Connell (Munster/Young Munster), Rob Henderson (Munster/Young Munster), Geordan Murphy (Leicester) and Keith Wood (Harlequins).