Sheehan to captain much-changed Ireland against Wales

Guinness Men's Six Nations: Wales v Ireland

Date: Saturday, 22 February Kick-off: 14:15 GMT Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Coverage: Watch connected BBC One; perceive connected BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Wales; unrecorded substance and highlights connected BBC Sport website and app

Dan Sheehan volition skipper Ireland against Wales successful Saturday's Six Nations crippled successful Cardiff.

The hooker volition pb the squad for the archetypal clip with regular skipper Caelan Doris ruled retired due to the fact that of a genu injury.

Sheehan, 26, came disconnected the seat successful Ireland's wins implicit England and Scotland but replaces the injured Ronan Kelleher successful a squad showing 7 changes from the triumph astatine Murrayfield.

Alongside Sheehan successful the beforehand enactment is Leinster prop Thomas Clarkson, who volition marque his archetypal Test commencement aft earning his debut successful November, portion Jack Boyle is acceptable to marque his debut disconnected the bench.

Jack Conan replaces Doris astatine fig eight, portion Joe McCarthy returns to the 2nd enactment aft recovering from the caput wounded that ruled him retired of the archetypal 2 games.

In the backline, Mack Hansen returns to the helping aft missing the Scotland crippled portion Garry Ringrose is named to commencement alongside Robbie Henshaw successful midfield, with Bundee Aki dropping to the bench.

Jamie Osborne volition marque his Six Nations debut astatine full-back, replacing Hugo Keenan, with Sam Prendergast retained astatine fly-half aft impressing successful his distant debut against Scotland.

Starting XV: Osborne; Hansen, Ringrose, Henshaw, Lowe; S Prendergast, Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan (capt), Clarkson; McCarthy, Beirne; O'Mahony, Van der Flier, Conan.

Replacements: McCarthy, Boyle, Bealham, Ryan, C Prendergast, Murray, Crowley, Aki.