Rhys Ruddock to lead new look Ireland against USA

Rhys Ruddock will captain a new-look Ireland side that includes one uncapped player in the 23-man squad to play USA at Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

Will Addison will win his third cap for Ireland this weekend having coming off the bench in Chicago and then starting against Argentina as a late replacement for Robbie Henshaw.

He is joined in the back three by Andrew Conway and Darren Sweetnam who won two caps in November 2017.

There’s a new look centre combination with Stuart McCloskey coming in to partner Garry Ringrose while Joey Carbery is joined in the half-backs by John Cooney.

Up front Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell and Finlay Bealham form the front-row while Iain Henderson will pack down with Tadhg Beirne in the second-row.

Ruddock is joined in the back-row by Jordi Murphy and Jack Conan.

The uncapped Sam Arnold is set to win his first cap as he is named in the replacements. The bench also includes Rob Herring, Cian Healy, John Ryan, Quinn Roux, Josh van der Flier, Luke McGrath and Ross Byrne.

Ireland: 15 Will Addison, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Darren Sweetnam, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 John Cooney, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Jordi Murphy, 6 Rhys Ruddock (c), 5 Iain Henderson, 4 Tadhg Beirne, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Dave Kilcoyne
Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Cian Healy, 18 John Ryan, 19 Quinn Roux, 20 Josh van der Flier, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Sam Arnold

Date: Saturday, November 24
Venue: Aviva Stadium
Kick-off: 18:30 GMT
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Nic Berry (Australia), Marius Mitrea (Italy)
TMO: Ian Davies (Wales)

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