La partita è in programma domenica al Taranaki Stadium. Entrambe giocheranno poi con l’Italia. Questo il XV scelto da Kidney
15 – Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers)
14 – Tommy Bowe (Ospreys) *
13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
11 – Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) *
10 – Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) *
9 – Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) *
1 – Tom Court (Malone/Ulster) *
2 – Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3 – Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster) *
4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5 – Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
6 – Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster) *
7 – Shane Jennings (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) *
8 – Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster) *
Replacements:
16 – Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
17 – Tony Buckley (Sale Sharks)*
18 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)*
19 – Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
20 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
22 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
* Rugby World Cup debutant
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