Rob Kearney, Eoin Redddan, Sean O’Brien and Cian Healy are all included in the Irish team to face Australia this Saturday in Eden Park.
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Healy forms a front row partnership with Best and Ross while O’Callaghan and O’Connell are in the second row and Ferris, O’Brien and Heaslip are in the back row.
Kearney replaces Geordan Murphy at full back with Bowe and Earls on the wings and O’Driscol and D’Arcy in the centre, Jonathan Sexton stays at out half but will be partnered by Reddan at scrum half.
Jerry Flannery, Tom Court, Donnacha Ryan, Denis Leamy, Conor Murray , Ronan O’Gara and Andrew Trimble are on the bench.
Reddan who starts his first match of the tournament in the number 9 shirt says they may not be far from hitting form.
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