Osborne will make his debut at fullback while Casey gets the nod at scrumhalf; Any Farrell opts for X-X split on bench
South Africa v Ireland team news: Jamie Osborne and Craig Casey to start first TestKeenan’s absence and that of the injured Gibson-Park meant that the team required recalibrating. Jack Conan missed the tour because of personal reasons while Ringrose and James Ryan have happily recovered from injuries that curtailed their involvement in Six Nations and are included in the matchday 23.
Osborne has beaten Jimmy O’Brien, Ciarán Frawley, who played fullback against Wales, and Jordan Larmour who wore the 15 jersey in that Scottish game to the role. Calvin Nash started all five Six Nations games as Mack Hansen, Ireland’s try scorer against the Boks in Paris, was unavailable through injury, while Bundee Aki and Robbie Henshaw were Farrell’s preferred centre pairing while Ringrose was sidelined.
Irish captain Peter O’Mahony will lead the team from blindside flanker while Joe McCarthy and Tadhg Beirne continue in the secondrow. Farrell has gone for a conventional five-three split on the bench with Ryan and Ryan Baird covering the back five in the back and Murray, Frawley and Ringrose providing the backline cover.J Osborne ; C Nash , R Henshaw , B Aki , J Lowe ; J Crowley , C Casey ; A Porter , D Sheehan , T Furlong ; T Beirne , J McCarthy ; P O’Mahony , J van der Flier , C Doris .R Kelleher , C Healy , F Bealham , J Ryan , R Baird , C Murray , C Frawley G Ringrose .
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