IRELAND vs. SCOTLAND: WORLD CUP WORM UP MATCH PREVIEW DATE TIME VENUE SQUAD & LIVE STREAM
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Ireland must be morally boosted up for their latest 40-10 win over Scotland at the Murrayfield as they are going to compete again in the worm up battle of rugby world cup 2015 this Saturday at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. Despite a disappointed winless six nations tournament ending with the defeat against the Irish, the arrival of new head coach Vern Cotter is also making the Scottish optimistic about some positive result this time. This match is scheduled to kick off on 15 August, Saturday at 17:00 local time (16:00 GMT).
Match: Ireland vs. Scotland (world cup worm up match)
Date: Saturday, August 15
Kick-off: 17:00 local (16:00 GMT)
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Pascal Gauzère (France)
Assistant Referees: Jérôme Garcès (France), Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Pascal Gauzère (France)
Assistant Referees: Jérôme Garcès (France), Marius Mitrea (Italy)
TV Info: Sky Sports 1 (UK), Super Sport 6 (SA)
Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio Ulster FM and the BBC Sport website.
Squad Report:
Ireland Team News: Irish coach Joe Schimdt has announced Sean O’Brien as the captain for the team for the Dublin encounter of Rugby World Cup 2015. Jack Conan, 23 years old young Leinster flanker is expected to make his place for the senior Ireland team for the first time as a replacement of Chris Henry. Henry got a mini stroke last November while playing test against South Africa. He had to undergo a surgery and back to the field again. Henry was the second half replacement against the Wales match and impressed Schimdt to secure his place in the team. Devin Toner and Dan Tuohy are going to join in the second row while Mike Ross, Sean Cronin and Dave Kilcoyne will join the first row. Gordon D'Arcy and Jared Payne will play at the centre position. Isaac Boss and Ian Madigan are going to pair up at the half-back. The Irish are pretty much confident with this squad. Their back row Sean O’Brien said,
No doubt the last five or six weeks were full of hard work and intensive. We hope we can make this on the field now and approach it in the exact way.
Ireland Team: Tommy Bowe, Simon Zebo, Gordon D'Arcy, Jared Payne, Ian Madigan, Luke Fitzgerald, Dave Kilcoyne, Isaac Boss, Mike Ross, Sean Cronin, Dan Tuohy, Devin Toner, Chris Henry, Jack Conan and Sean O'Brien.
Replacements: Michael Bent, Richardt Strauss, Paul O'Connell, Nathan White, Eoin Reddan, Jordi Murphy, Dave Kearney and Paddy Jackson.
Scotland Team News: Henry pyrgos has been announced officially the captain of Scotland side for the Dublin battle. Greig Tonks also gets a chance at the fly-half position. The 22 years old Hugh Blake has secured a place in the back row with Blair Cowan and David Denton. Ruaridh Jackson has been selected as the full back and Fraser Brown for the first time as a hooker. Jim Hamilton is going to start up with Grant Gilchrist in the second row. Their head coach Vern Cotter have evaluated their team as he said, “The boys have worked really hard for the team strength and conditioning as well, so that we can have more power and tolerance level from our players. We are also focusing to upgrade their basic skills.”
Scotland Team: Sean Lamont, Ruaridh Jackson, Peter Horne, Richie Vernon, Greig Tonks, Tim Visser, David Denton, Henry Prygos (c), Blair Cowan, Hugh Blake, Jim Hamilton, Grant Gilchrist, Fraser Brown Jon Welsh and Ryan Grant
Replacements: Gordon Reid, Ross Ford, Rob Harley, Mike Cusack, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, John Barclay, Matt Scott and Duncan Weir
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