That winless run has to end sometime.
Joe Schmidt has named his team to take on back-to-back World Champions New Zealand in Chicago.
The big news is that Donnacha Ryan gets the #4 jersey after he battled it out with Billy Holland and Ultan Dillane for the starting berth alongside Devin Toner and has won out.
The match is the first of four November internationals and here are the 15 men that will be looking to end the All Black’s 18-game unbeaten run.
IRELAND
15. R Kearney
14. Trimble
13. Payne
12. Henshaw
11. Zebo
10. Sexton
9 Murray
1. McGrath
2. Best (c)
3. Furlong
4. Ryan
5. Toner
6. Stander
7. Murphy
8. Heaslip
Here's the Ireland team to play @AllBlacks in Soldier Field #TeamOfUs #ShoulderToShoulder pic.twitter.com/EYevwZv23w
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) November 3, 2016
Here’s the New Zealand team (with Test caps in brackets):
1. Joe Moody (20)
2. Dane Coles (46)
3. Owen Franks (87)
4. Patrick Tuipulotu (10)
5. Jerome Kaino (75)
6. Liam Squire (6)
7. Sam Cane (37)
8. Kieran Read – captain (94)
9. Aaron Smith (54)
10. Beauden Barrett (46)
11. Julian Savea (49)
12. Ryan Crotty (24)
13. George Moala (3)
14. Waisake Naholo (8)
15. Ben Smith (58)
16. Codie Taylor (11)
17. Ofa Tu’ungafasi (2)
18. Charlie Faumuina (42)
19. Scott Barrett *
20. Ardie Savea (9)
21. TJ Perenara (26)
22. Aaron Cruden (43)
23. Malakai Fekitoa (20)
