Rising Eire head coach Simon Easterby has made a raft of adjustments to his beginning group for Sunday’s recreation towards Western Power [12:00 BST] in Bloemfontein, with Ulster centre Jude Postlethwaite amongst these drafted in.
The squad started their three-match tour to South Africa with a 36-24 victory over the Pumas on Wednesday and can conclude their itinerary with a fixture towards the Cheetahs on Wednesday [18:00 BST].
Captain Alex Kendellen is certainly one of two gamers retained within the beginning pack towards the Australian aspect and is joined within the again row by Sean Jansen and Alex Soroka.
Cormac Izuchukwu, a try-scorer on Wednesday afternoon, strikes to the second row alongside Conor O’Tighearnaigh, whereas one other try-scorer from the opening recreation, hooker Gus McCarthy, begins in a new-look entrance row alongside Alex Usanov and Ronan Foxe, who all featured as second-half replacements final outing.
Within the again line, Sam Prendergast retains his place at fly-half and can companion scrum-half Ethan Coughlan.
Sean O’Brien shifts to left wing in a again three which can see first appearances for full-back Andrew Osborne and Eire Sevens Olympian Chay Mullins, who begins on the proper wing, whereas Postlethwaite kinds a brand new midfield mixture alongside Hugh Cooney.
