Live Ireland vs Barbarians
Date & Time:
Friday 4th June 2010, 19:45GMT
Match Preview Of Ireland vs Barbarians
Ireland gear up for their summer tour Down Under with a mouth-watering clash with the Barbarians tonight at Kingsholm (kick-off 7.45pm). Ireland have played the Barbarians on two previous occasions - they lost the Peace International 70-38 at Lansdowne Road in 1996 and, four years later, they were pipped 31-30. The Barbarians will provide a decent test for Ireland.
Teams:
Ireland: Robert Kearney; Shane Horgan, Gavin Duffy, Fergus McFadden, Andrew Trimble,;Ronan O'Gara (captain), Peter Stringer; Marcus Horan, Sean Cronin, Tony Buckley; Ed O'Donoghue, Dan Tuohy; John Muldoon, Niall Ronan, Chris Henry.
Replacements: Jerry Flannery, Tom Court, Mick O'Driscoll, David Wallace, Tomas O'Leary, Jonathan Sexton, Paddy Wallace.
Barbarians: Paul Warwick (Munster); Cedric Heymans (Toulouse), Casey Laulala (Cardiff Blues), Seru Rabini (Leeds Carnegie), David Smith (Hurricanes); Brock James (Clermont Auvergne) Pierre Mignoni (Toulon); David Barnes (Bath), Schalk Brits (Saracens), Census Johnston (Toulouse); Jerome Thion (Biarritz), Malcolm O'Kelly (Leinster); Alan Quinlan (Munster), George Smith (Brumbies), Xavier Rush (Cardiff Blues).
Replacements: Benoit August (Biarritz), Julian White (Leicester Tigers), Rodney So'oialo (Hurricanes), Martyn Williams (Cardiff Blues), Byron Kelleher (Toulouse), Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse), Paul Sackey (London Wasps) or Fabrice Estebanez (Brive)
Channels
RTE Two (19:30-21:45 Ireland only)
