A big day for Earls, Prendergast and Byrne

Keith Earls joins the centurion club as Cian Prendergast makes his first start and Ross Byrne is back deputising for Johnny Sexton. 

CENTURION CLUB: Keith Earls will become the ninth Irish player to join the centurion club as he will earn his 100th cap from off the bench. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Keith Earls 

He may not encourage the adulation but the veteran Munster winger deserves to be centre of attention at Aviva Stadium this evening as he seems likely to earn his 100th Test cap from the replacements bench. Earls, 35, becomes just the ninth Irishman to reach such an impressive milestone and the plaudits he has received from team-mates old and new this week indicate the breadth and depth of affection with which the Moyross flier is held.