Bowe, O’Gara and Reddan to start for Ireland

Declan Kidney has made three changes to the Irish team for the Six Nations clash against Scotland this weekend.

Tommy Bowe returns from injury and will take the place of Fergus McFadden on the wing, while Ronan O’Gara and Eoin Reddan will start the game as the half-back pairing in place of Jonathan Sexton and Tomas O’Leary.

Bowe played 80 minutes for his club, Ospreys, against Benetton Treviso at the weekend after recovering from a knee injury, while Tomas O’Leary has been suffering with a back problem and will be replaced by Reddan at scrum half.

Ronan O’Gara has impressed when brought off the bench against both Italy and France and has been rewarded with the number ten jersey ahead of Sexton.

Ireland’s clash with Scotland kicks off at Murrayfield on Sunday at 3pm.

Ireland: Luke Fitzgerald; Tommy Bowe, Brian O’Driscoll, Gordon D’Arcy, Keith Earls; Ronan O’Gara, Eoin Reddan; Cian Healy, Best, Ross, Donncha O’Callaghan, Paul O’Connell, Sean O’Brien, David Wallace, Jamie Heaslip.

Replacements: Sean Cronin, Tom Court, Leo Cullen, Denis Leamy, Peter Stringer, Jonathan Sexton, Paddy Wallace