Ireland team named on Tuesday to play Italy in Six Nations match at Lansdowne Road on Saturday:

Ireland (15-1)

Rob Kearney (Leinster); Tommy Bowe (Ospreys), Keith Earls (Munster), Gordon D'Arcy (Leinster), Andrew Trimble (Ulster); Jonathan Sexton (Leinster), Conor Murray (Munster); Jamie Heaslip (Leinster), Sean O'Brien (Leinster), Stephen Ferris (Ulster), Paul O'Connell (Munster/capt), Donncha O'Callaghan (Munster), Mike Ross (Leinster), Rory Best (Ulster), Cian Healy (Leinster)

Replacements: Sean Cronin (Leinster), Tom Court (Ulster), Donnacha Ryan (Munster), Peter O'Mahony (Munster), Eoin Reddan (Leinster), Ronan O'Gara (Munster), Fergus McFadden (Leinster)

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