Irish rugby team v Scotland: Caelan Doris gets first start as Andy Farrell names side for Six Nations opener IRFU SixNations IREvSCO
Andy Farrell's first Ireland team selection sees Caelan Doris earn his Test debut, Jordan Larmour passed fit to play, Bundee Aki get the nod ahead of Robbie Henshaw and Conor Murray hold off John Cooney's claim on the no 9 shirt.
"I want to see the good old traditions of what Irish champion teams are all about - dominant forward pack, aggressive forward pack that's unbelievably hard to handle, I've been on the other side of that myself," Farrell said. "We want to win, we want to perform at the weekend and we're open minded enough to see if that team changes next week, competition has to be our friend."
After the team announcement, Farrell said: "We believe that any youngster coming onto the scene at Test level, can they be themselves.
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