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Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has named four uncapped Ulster players in his starting XV for Saturday\u2019s match with the United States.<\/p>\nIreland head coach Andy Farrell has named four uncapped Ulster players in his starting XV for Saturday\u2019s match with the United States.<\/p>\n
Tom O\u2019Toole and Nick Timoney will start at tighthead prop and openside flanker respectively, with Robert Baloucoune on the right wing and fellow debutant James Hume at outside center.<\/p>\n
Farrell has also handed first international starts to scrum-half Craig Casey, lock Ryan Baird and number eight Gavin Coombes.<\/p>\n
Connacht pair Paul Boyle and Caolin Blade, Munster forward Fineen Wycherley and Leinster fly-half Harry Byrne could make their Test debuts from the bench during the game at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.<\/p>\n
Leinster lock James Ryan will once again captain the side, which shows eight personnel changes to the team which began last weekend\u2019s 39-31 win over Japan.<\/p>\n
Full-back Hugo Keenan, center Stuart McCloskey, fly-half Joey Carbery, prop Dave Kilcoyne, hooker Ronan Kelleher and back row Caelan Doris have also retained their spots.<\/p>\n
Doris switches to the blindside flank to accommodate Coombes, who came off the bench to make his debut in the defeat of the Brave Blossoms.<\/p>\n
Andrew Conway has been recalled on the left wing in place of the injured Jordan Larmour.<\/p>\n
Larmour (groin) and center Chris Farrell (head injury) left the camp this week, along with flanker Peter O\u2019Mahony, who has begun his off season.<\/p>\n
Prop Finlay Bealham has dropped to the bench, while Jacob Stockdale, Jamison Gibson-Park, Ultan Dillane and Josh Van Der Flier have been given the weekend off.<\/p>\n
Dave Heffernan, Ed Byrne and Will Addison complete the list of replacements.<\/p>\n
The upcoming clash \u2013 Ireland\u2019s final fixture of the season \u2013 is the third meeting between the two nations in the past four years. The Irish won 55-19 in New Jersey in 2017 before triumphing 57-14 in Dublin a year later.<\/p>\n
Gary Gold\u2019s visitors travel across the Irish Sea following Sunday\u2019s 43-29 Twickenham loss to a much-changed England side.<\/p>\n
Ireland and the USA are also due to meet in Las Vegas in late October.<\/p>\n