It’s as expected.
Luke Fitzgerald will start at inside centre for Ireland in Saturday’s World Cup opener with Canada.
He comes in for the injured Robbie Henshaw while Iain Henderson also starts as Joe Schmidt has gone with a very strong looking side to face the north American minnows.
Ireland team: Rob Kearney; Dave Kearney, Jared Payne, Luke Fitzgerald, Keith Earls; Jonathan Sexton, Conor Murray; Jack McGrath, Rory Best, Mike Ross; Iain Henderson, Paul O’Connell (capt); Peter O’Mahony, Sean O’Brien, Jamie Heaslip.
The game at the Millennium Stadium kicks off at 2:30pm on Saturday.
