Andy Farrell has named the Ireland team for Sunday’s final Autumn nations Cup group game making wholesale changes from the side which lost to England.
The side will be captained by James Ryan and he is joined in the engine room by Iain Henderson.
Finlay Bealham starts at loosehead, Rob Herring is named at hooker and Andrew Porter continues at tighthead.
Tadhg Beirne is selected on the blindside flank, Will Connors is at openside and CJ Stander is at No.8. Conor Murray comes in at scum-half alongside with Billy Burns at out-half.
In the centre Stuart McCloskey will partner Chris Farrell with Jacob Stockdale at fullback and Keith Earls and Hugo Keenan on the wings.
The replacements include Dave Heffernan, Cian Healy, Finlay Bealham, Quinn Roux, Peter O’Mahony, Kieran Marmion, Ross Byrne and the uncapped Shane Daly.
Ireland Team to Play Georgia - Autumn Nations Cup
- Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 31 caps
- Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 4 caps
- Chris Farrell (Munster/Young Munster) 12 caps
- Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor) 3 caps
- Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 86 caps
- Billy Burns (UIster) 2 caps
- Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 85 caps
- Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 13 caps
- Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 14 caps
- Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 30 caps
- Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 56 caps
- James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 30 caps Captain
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 16 caps
- Will Connors (Leinster/UCD) 4 caps
- CJ Stander (Munster/Shannon) 44 caps
Replacements
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht/Buccaneers) 4 caps
- Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 102 caps
- John Ryan (Munster/Cork Constitution) 21 caps
- Quinn Roux (Connacht/Galwegians) 14 caps
- Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 71 caps
- Kieran Marmion (Connacht/Corinthians) 27 caps
- Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD) 9 caps
- Shane Daly (Munster/Cork Con) uncapped
