Same again for Wales

Wales coach Mike Ruddock has named an unchanged side for his team’s RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam bid against Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday.

Wales, seeking their first championship clean sweep since 1978, will face an Irish side with title and Triple Crown aspirations.

And Ruddock has kept faith with the team which posted a record-breaking victory over Scotland at Murrayfield last weekend.

Cardiff wing Rhys Williams has shaken off a calf muscle injury, while hooker Mefin Davies and replacement back Hal Luscombe are also fully fit.

Ruddock will make a late decision on whether to go with Mike Phillips or Gareth Cooper as his scrum-half replacement, with Cooper facing a Friday fitness test on his injured ankle.

Wales team to play Ireland in the RBS 6 Nations Championships at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday:

K Morgan (Newport Gwent); R Williams (Cardiff), T Shanklin (Cardiff), G Henson (Neath-Swansea), S Williams (Neath-Swansea); S Jones (Clermont Auvergne); D Peel (Llanelli); G Jenkins (Cardiff), M Davies (Gloucester), A Jones (Neath-Swansea), B Cockbain (Neath-Swansea), R Sidoli (Cardiff), R Jones (Neath-Swansea), M Williams (Cardiff), M Owen (Newport Gwent, capt).

Replacements: R McBryde (Llanelli), J Yapp (Cardiff), J Thomas (Neath-Swansea), R Sowden-Taylor (Cardiff), M Phillips (Llanelli) or G Cooper (Newport Gwent), C Sweeney (Newport Gwent), H Luscombe (Newport Gwent).