Ireland’s Rugby World Cup team for 2023 –Team to face England in warm-up
Next up for Ireland in the Rugby World Cup warm-ups is England. Andy Farrell and his team will soon announce a squad of 33 players for Ireland’s Rugby World Cup. But for this match in Dublin, they have put together a strong team.
Among the players we know, Cian Prendergast is starting for Ireland for the first time, Ross Byrne will be wearing the number ten jersey, and Keith Earls might play his 100th game, coming off the bench.
Take a look at the players who are on the team, below – and you can find the complete list of Ireland’s Rugby World Cup 2023 live stream matches here.
Ireland team for the match against England:
- Hugo Keenan
- Mack Hansen
- Garry Ringrose
- Bundee Aki
- James Lowe
- Ross Byrne
- Jamison Gibson-Park
- Andrew Porter
- Dan Sheehan
- Tadhg Furlong
- Tadhg Beirne
- James Ryan (captain)
- Peter O’Mahony
- Josh van der Flier
- Cian Prendergast
Substitutes: Rob Herring, Jeremy Loughman, Finlay Bealham, Joe McCarthy, Caelan Doris, Conor Murray, Jack Crowley, Keith Earls.
Here’s the list of players in Ireland’s Rugby World Cup squad for 2023:
Forwards (22)
Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University)
Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers)
Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne)
Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere)
Gavin Coombes (Munster/Young Munster)
Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College)
Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf)
Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf)
Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy)
Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch)
Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne)
Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians)
Joe McCarthy (Leinster/Dublin University)
Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution)
Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch)
Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD)
Cian Prendergast (Connacht/Corinthians)
James Ryan (Leinster/UCD)
Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne)
Tom Stewart (Ulster/Ballynahinch)*
Kieran Treadwell (Ulster/Ballymena)
Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD)
Backs (20)
Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians)
Caolin Blade (Connacht/Galwegians)
Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD)
Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon)
Jack Crowley (Munster/Cork Constitution)
Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster)
Ciaran Frawley (Leinster/UCD)*
Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)
Mack Hansen (Connacht/Corinthians)
Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers)
Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD)
James Lowe (Leinster)
Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor)
Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen)
Calvin Nash (Munster/Young Munster)*
Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster/Naas)
Jamie Osborne (Leinster/Naas)*
Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD)
Jonathan Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College)
Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan)
Here’s the information about Ireland’s Rugby World Cup pool:
Ireland is in Pool B for the Rugby World Cup. Other teams in this pool are the current champions South Africa, Scotland, Tonga, and Romania.
For Ireland’s matches, they will play:
On Saturday, September 9, against Romania at Stade de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, starting at 2:30 pm (GMT).
On Saturday, September 16, against Tonga at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes, starting at 8:00 pm (GMT).
On Saturday, September 23, against South Africa at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, starting at 8:00 pm (GMT).
On Saturday, October 7, against Scotland at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, starting at 8:00 pm (GMT).
After the pool stage, the knockout rounds will follow a similar pattern as before, with the top teams from different pools facing off in the quarter-finals:
Quarter-Final 1: The team that wins Pool C will play against the team that came second in Pool D.
Quarter-Final 2: The team that wins Pool B will face off against the team that came second in Pool A.
Quarter-Final 3: The winner of Pool D will go against the second-place team from Pool C.
Quarter-Final 4: The team that wins Pool A will compete against the team that came second in Pool B.
After the quarter-finals, the next stage is the semi-finals:
Semi-Final 1: The team that wins Quarter-Final 1 will play against the team that wins Quarter-Final 2.
Semi-Final 2: The team that wins Quarter-Final 3 will go against the team that wins Quarter-Final 4.