Keith Wood to win 50th cap in Test team

Keith Wood will win his 50th cap when he leads Ireland against the All Blacks at Eden Park, Auckland on Saturday June 22 in the second Test and final match of their tour to New Zealand.

Wood, who has already surpassed the Irish record for the most capped hooker (Ken Kennedy 45 caps, 1965 - 1975), will captain an unchanged Ireland team from that defeated 15 - 6 in Dunedin last Saturday.

The Ireland team is as follows:

15 - Girvan Dempsey (Leinster/Terenure College)

14 - Geordan Murphy (Leicester)

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

12 - John Kelly (Munster/Cork Constitution)

11 - Justin Bishop (London Irish)

10 - Ronan O’Gara (Munster/Cork Constitution)

9 - Peter Stringer (Munster/Shannon)

1 - Reggie Corrigan (Leinster/Lansdowne)

2 - Keith Wood (Harlequins) Captain

3 - John Hayes (Munster/Shannon)

4 - Gary Longwell (Ulster/Ballymena)

5 - Paul O’Connell (Munster/Young Munster)

6 - Simon Esterby (Llanelli)

7 - Keith Gleeson (Leinster/St Mary’s College)

8 - Anthony Foley (Munster/Shannon)

The replacements will be announced later today.

The match will be screened live on Sky Sports. Kick-off is at 8.05am.