Ireland: Mack Hansen earns recall for Scotland game in the Six Nations

Colin Newboult 17 Mar 2022 11:20 AM

Wing Mack Hansen has returned to the Ireland starting team for their crucial Six Nations encounter against Scotland on Saturday.

Hansen comes in for Andrew Conway, who is being managed due to a knee problem, and he joins Hugo Keenan and James Lowe in the back three.

Johnny Sexton will become Ireland’s joint sixth most capped player, equalling prop John Hayes‘ cap tally (105) when he leads the side out in Dublin.

Jamison Gibson-Park will again pair up with Sexton in the half-backs against Scotland, while Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose are retained at centre.

Iain Henderson starts following James Ryan’s head injury

The front-row of Cian Healy, Dan Sheehan and Tadhg Furlong is retained while Tadhg Beirne and Iain Henderson are named in the engine room.

Jack Conan is at number eight with Caelan Doris switching to the blindside flank and Josh van der Flier makes his eight consecutive start at seven.

The replacements for the Six Nations encounter at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin are Rob Herring, Dave Kilcoyne, Finlay Bealham, Kieran Treadwell, Peter O’Mahony, Conor Murray, Joey Carbery and Robbie Henshaw.

Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Johnny Sexton (c), 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Caelan Doris, 5 Iain Henderson, 4 Tadhg Beirne, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Peter O’Mahony, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Robbie Henshaw

Date: Saturday, March 19
Venue: Aviva Stadium
Kick-off: 16:45 GMT
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson (England), Christophe Ridley (England)
TMO: Stuart Terheege (England)

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