Jonathan Sexton during Ireland's Captain Run in France | PICTURE: Sportsfile
IRELAND will play their first Rugby World Cup group game tomorrow, Saturday against Romania in France at 2:30pm (3:30pm local time).
This is the first of four match in Group B which is stacked with highly rated teams like South Africa, Scotland and Tonga.
Johnny Sexton will captain the side as he takes to the field after a long period on the sideline.
Coach Andy Farrell has named an incredibly strong team for the first game of the tournament with Leinster's Joe McCarthy among one of the youngest players named to start.
IRELAND:
Hugo Keenan, Keith Earls, Garry Ringrose, Bundee Aki, James Lowe, Jonathan Sexton (C), Jamison Gibson-Park, Andrew Porter, Rob Herring,Tadhg Furlong, Joe McCarthy, James Ryan, Tadhg Beirne, Peter O’Mahony, Caelan Doris.
ROMANIA:
Marius Simionescu; Nicolas Onutu, Fonovai Tangimana, Jason Tomane, Tevita Manumua; Hinckley Vaovasa, Gabriel Rupanu; Iulian Hartig, Ovidiu Cojocaru, Alexandru Gordas; Adrian Motoc, Stefan Iancu; Florian Rosu, Vlad Neculau, Cristian Chirica (C).
WHERE IS THE GAME ON
Ireland's first pool game will take place in the Stade de Bordeaux.
WHERE TO WATCH
The game will be live streamed on Virgin Media with coverage starting at 2pm.
ODDS:
Ireland 1/1000
Draw 100/1
Romania 40/1
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