Irish team to play Russia named

The Irish team to play Russia in a World Cup qualifier in Krasnoyarsk, on Saturday has been named.

The team is:

15 – Girvan Dempsey (Leinster/Terenure College)

14 – John Kelly (Munster/Cork Constitution)

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

12 – Kevin Maggs (Bath)

11 – Denis Hickie (Leinster/St. Mary’s College)

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

9 – Peter Stringer (Munster/Shannon)

1 – Reggie Corrigan (Leinster/Greystones)

2 – Keith Wood (Harlequins) Captain

3 – John Hayes (Munster/Shannon)

4 – Gary Longwell (Ulster/Ballymena)

5 – Malcolm O’Kelly (Leinster/St. Mary’s College)

6 – Simon Easterby (Llanelli)

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

8 – Anthony Foley (Munster/Shannon)

Replacements: 16 – Shane Byrne (Leinster/Blackrock College), 17 – Paul Wallace (Leinster/Blackrock College), 18 – Leo Cullen (Leinster/Blackrock College), 19 – Alan Quinlan (Munster/Shannon), 20 – Guy Easterby (Llanelli), 21 – David Humphreys (Ulster/Dungannon), 22 – Rob Henderson (Munster/Young Munster)

The match kicks off at 6pm local time or 11am Irish time.