Six Irish named in Lions to face Pumas

Six Irish players have been included by Clive Woodward in the Lions side the meet Argentina at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on Monday.

Woodward has also included Jonny Wilkinson but has allowed tour captain Brian O'Driscoll to sit the game out.

Ireland's Geordan Murphy, Denis Hickie, Gordon D'Arcy, Shane Byrne, John Hayes and Malcolm O'Kelly are in the side while Shane Horgan, Donncha O'Callaghan and Ronan O'Gara are listed among the replacements.

LIONS (v Argentina):

15: MURPHY Geordan (Leicester Tigers, Ireland)

14: HICKIE Denis (Leinster, Ireland)

13: SMITH Ollie (Leicester Tigers, England)

12: D'ARCY Gordon (Leinster, Ireland)

11: WILLIAMS Shane (Ospreys, Wales)

10: WILKINSON Jonny (Vice Captain) (Newcastle Falcons, England)

9: COOPER Gareth (Dragons, Wales)

1: ROWNTREE Graham (Leicester Tigers, England)

2: BYRNE Shane (Leinster, Ireland)

3: HAYES John (Munster, Ireland)

4: O'KELLY Malcolm (Leinster, Ireland)

5: GREWCOCK Danny (Bath, England)

6: TAYLOR Simon (Edinburgh, Scotland)

7: MOODY Lewis (Leicester Tigers, England)

8: OWEN Michael (Captain) (Dragons, Wales)

Replacements:

16: THOMPSON Steve (Northampton Saints, England)

17: WHITE Julian (Leicester Tigers, England)

18: O'CALLAGHAN Donncha (Munster, Ireland)

19: CORRY Martin (Leicester Tigers, England)

20: CUSITER Chris (Borders, Scotland)

21: O'GARA Ronan (Munster, Ireland)

22: HORGAN Shane (Leinster, Ireland)