Horgan to captain Ireland 'A'

The Ireland 'A' Team to play Tonga in Ravenhill on Friday night will be captained by Shane Horgan.

The team also includes some experienced internationals in Peter Stringer and Neil Best.

Stringer will partner Ulster's Ian Humphries in the half backs while Best will have Sean O'Brien and Chris Henry with him the backrow.

There is also the exciting young centre partnership of Darren Cave and Fergus McFadden to set Belfast alight on Friday night.

A vacancy has been left at hooker pending the Ireland team announcement tomorrow.

Tickets for the game against Tonga are available online from www.ulsterrugby.ie.

Ireland 'A' Team v Tonga, Friday, November 13, Ravenhill, 19:35pm.

15. Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)

14. Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster) Captain

13. Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

12. Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)

11. Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)

10. Ian Humphreys (Ballymena/Ulster)

9. Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)

1. Brett Wilkinson (Galwegians/Connacht)

2. A.N. Other

3. Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)

4. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)

5. Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)

6. Sean O'Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)

7. Neil Best (Northampton Saints)

8. Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster)

Replacements

16. Denis Fogarty (Cork Constitution/Munster)

17. Bryan Young (Ballymena/Ulster)

18. Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)

19. Kevin McLaughlin (UCD/Leinster)

20. Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster)

21. Ian Keatley (Galwegians/Connacht)

22. Johne Murphy (Leicester Tigers).