Wood rated 50/50 for Ireland qualifier

Ireland will be unchanged for Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Georgia, providing Keith Wood overcomes a sore neck.

The hooker developed the problem during the trip to Siberia last weekend when Ireland beat Russia in the first game of the qualifying series.

Wood is rated 50-50 to lead Ireland in their bid to complete the double over the eastern Europeans and book their place in next year's World Cup finals.

Ronan O'Gara is a slight worry but Eddie O'Sullivan expects the Munster out-half to recover from a knee injury in time for Saturday's game.

Ireland: G Dempsey (Terenure), J Kelly (Cork Constitution), B O'Driscoll (Blackrock), K Maggs (Bath), D Hickie (St Mary's), R O'Gara (Cork Constitution), P Stringer (Shannon); R Corrigan (Greystones), K Wood (Harlequins) Captain, J Hayes (Shannon), G Longwell (Ballymena), M O'Kelly (St Mary's), S Easterby (Llanelli), K Gleeson (St Mary's), A Foley (Shannon).

Replacements: S Byrne (Blackrock), P Wallace (Blackrock), L Cullen (Blackrock), A Quinlan (Shannon), G Easterby (Llanelli), D Humphries (Dungannon), R Henderson (Young Munster).