Ireland team named for first Test against South Africa

The Ireland has named the match day squad that will take on South Africa in the first Test of the Series at Newlands on Saturday evening in Cape Town.
 

Rory Best captains the side and is joined in the front row by Jack McGrath and Mike Ross.

IRELAND team to play South Africa – Saturday 11^th June, 2016

15. Jared Payne (Ulster)
14. Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
13. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
12. Luke Marshall (Ballymena/Ulster)
11. Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
10. Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster)
9. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
 

8. Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)
7. Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
6. CJ Stander (Munster)
5. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
4. Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
3. Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
2. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (captain)
1. Jack McGrath (St Marys/Leinster)
 

Replacements

16. Sean Cronin (St Marys/Leinster)
17. Finlay Bealham (Corinthians/Connacht)
18. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)
19. Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht)
20. Rhys Ruddock (St Marys/Leinster)
21. Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht)
22. Ian Madigan (Blackrock/Leinster)
23. Craig Gilroy (Dungannon/Ulster)