Kidney names four debutants to play Barbarians

The Ireland team to play the Barbarians this Friday night in Thomond Park for the Mastercard Trophy contains four uncapped players.

Wed, 02 Jun, 2010 - 14:37

The Ireland team to play the Barbarians this Friday night in Thomond Park for the Mastercard Trophy contains four uncapped players.

Second rows Ed O’Donoghue and Dan Touhy will make their first senior appearance for Ireland in the uncapped match as will centre Fergus McFadden and No.8 Chris Henry.

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Courts Rugby Heathrow Place: Thomond Park Place: New Zealand Place: Australia Place: Plymouth Place: Brisbane Place: Ulster Person: Kidney Person: Ed O’Donoghue Person: Dan Touhy Person: Fergus McFadden Person: Chris Henry Person: Ronan O’Gara Person: Peter Stringer Person: Marcus Horan Person: Sean Cronin Person: Tony Buckley Person: Rob Kearney Person: Shane Horgan Person: Andrew Trimble Person: Gavin Duffy Person: McFadden Person: Brian O’Driscoll Person: Jerry Flannery Person: David Wallace Person: Tomás O’Leary Person: Paul O’Connell Person: Stephen Ferris Person: Denis Leamy Person: Luke Fitzgerald Person: Robert Kearney Person: Ronan O'Gara Person: Dan Tuohy Person: John Muldoon Person: Niall Ronan Person: Tom Court Person: Mick O’Driscoll Person: Tomas O'Leary Person: Jonathan Sexton Person: Paddy Wallace Event: MasterCard Trophy Event: Mastercard Challenge Organisation: Barbarians Organisation: Ireland Organisation: Munster Organisation: All Blacks Organisation: New Zealand Maori Organisation: Ireland XV Organisation: UCD Organisation: Leinster Organisation: Boyne Organisation: Connacht Organisation: Old Belvedere Organisation: Ulster Organisation: Cork Constitution Organisation: Shannon Organisation: Buccaneers Organisation: Garryowen Organisation: Dolphin Organisation: St.Mary's College

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