Test matchs : Irlande

Brian O'Driscoll a été nommé capitaine du XV irlandais pour la tournée de ce mois de novembre. Blessé à un genou lors de la venue des Wasps au Leinster, Bod a passé des examens rassurants et devrait fêter en novembre sa 86e sélection.

Le squad irlandais : Tommy Bowe (Ospreys) Ian Dowling (Shannon - Munster) Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College - Leinster) Gavin Duffy (Galwegians - Connacht) Keith Earls (Young Munster - Munster) Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College - Leinster) Shane Horgan (Boyne - Leinster) Robert Kearney (UCD - Leinster) Geordan Murphy (Leicester) Barry Murphy (UL Bohemians - Munster) Brian O'Driscoll (UCD - Leinster) Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution - Munster) Tomas O'Leary (Dolphin - Munster) Eoin Reddan (Wasps) Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College - Leinster) Peter Stringer (Shannon - Munster) Andrew Trimble (Ballymena - Ulster) Paddy Wallace (Ballymena - Ulster) Rory Best (Banbridge - Ulster) Tony Buckley (Shannon - Munster) Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon - Ulster) Bob Casey (London Irish) Tom Court (Malone - Ulster) Stephen Ferris (Dungannon - Ulster) Jerry Flannery (Shannon - Munster) John Hayes (Shannon - Munster) Cian Healy (Clontarf - Leinster) Jamie Heaslip (Naas - Leinster) Marcus Horan (Shannon - Munster) Bernard Jackman (Clontarf - Leinster) Shane Jennings (St. Mary's College - Leinster) Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution - Munster) Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution - Munster) Paul O'Connell (Young Munster - Munster) Malcolm O'Kelly (St. Mary's College - Leinster) Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution - Munster) Alan Quinlan (Shannon - Munster) Michael Ross (Harlequins) Donncha Ryan (Shannon - Munster) David Wallace (Garryowen - Munster) Roger Wilson (Northampton)

Le sélectionneur de l'Irlande Declan Kidney a convoqué 34 joueurs pour les tests de novembre dont six non capés: l'ouvreur Jonathan Sexton et Cian Healy (Leinster), Ian Dowling, Keith Earls et Donncha Ryan (Munster) et Ryan Caldwell (Ulster). Le XV du Trèfle affronte le Canada le 1er novembre.

Avants: Rory Best, Tony Buckley, Ryan Caldwell, Stephen Ferris, Jerry Flannery, John Hayes, Cian Healy, Jamie Heaslip, Marcus Horan, Bernard Jackman, Shane Jennings, Denis Leamy, Donncha O'Callaghan, Paul O'Connell, Mick O'Driscoll, Alan Quinlan, Donnacha Ryan, David Wallace.

Arrières: Tommy Bowe, Ian Dowling, Girvan Dempsey, Keith Earls, Luke Fitzgerald, Shane Horgan, Robert Kearney, Geordan Murphy, Brian O'Driscoll (capt), Ronan O'Gara, Tomas O'Leary, Eoin Reddan, Jonathan Sexton, Peter Stringer, Andrew Trimble, Paddy Wallace.