Ireland debut for Stockdale

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has named his matchday 23 that will take on the USA Eagles in New Jersey on Saturday.

Ulster utility back Jacob Stockdale will win his first Test cap after he was named on the left wing in the side which boasts 241 Test caps.

Rhys Ruddock captain’s the side from the blindside flank and is joined in the back row by Josh van der Flier at openside and Jack Conan at number eight.

Quinn Roux and Devin Toner are paired in the second row with Cian Healy, Niall Scannell and John Ryan filling the front row positions.

Kieran Marmion and Joey Carbery are named at half-back with Luke Marshall and Garry Ringrose linking up in midfield. Keith Earls and Tiernan O’Halloran are joined in the back three by the uncapped Jacob Stockdale.

The replacements include Dave Kilcoyne, Dan Leavy, Luke McGrath and Simon Zebo as well as four uncapped players – Dave Heffernan, Andrew Porter, James Ryan and Rory Scannell.

Ireland: 15 Tiernan O’Halloran, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Luke Marshall, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Rhys Ruddock (c), 5 Devin Toner, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 John Ryan, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Dave Heffernan 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Andrew Porter, 19 James Ryan, 20 Dan Leavy, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Rory Scannell, 23 Simon Zebo

Date: Saturday, June 10
Venue: Red Bull Arena, Newark, New Jersey
Kick-off: 17:00 local (22:00 GMT)
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant Referees: Federico Anselmi (Argentina), Chris Assmus (Canada)
TMO: Neil Paterson (Scotland)