Ireland name team for Wales quarter-final

UPDATE: Rory Best is named as hooker and Sean Cronin on the replacements bench as No. 16.

AUCKLAND, 6 Oct. - Ireland head coach Declan Kidney on Thursday named his 48-hour team to play Wales in their quarter-final match at Wellington Regional Stadium on Saturday, 8 October.

Ireland:

1. Cian Healy
2. Rory Best
3. Mike Ross
4. Donncha O'Callaghan
5. Paul O'Connell
6. Stephen Ferris
7. Sean O'Brien
8. Jamie Heaslip
9. Conor Murray
10. Ronan O'Gara
11. Keith Earls
12. Gordon D'Arcy
13. Brian O'Driscoll (c)
14. Tommy Bowe
15. Rob Kearney

Replacements:

16. Sean Cronin
17. Tom Court
18. Donnacha Ryan
19. Denis Leamy
20. Eoin Reddan
21. Jonathan Sexton
22. Andrew Trimble