Andy Farrell has named ahis Ireland Rugby World Cup squad to take on the All Blacks and there are no changes to the starting 15 who beat Scotland.

There are two changes to the bench, where Joe McCarthy replaces James Ryan (injured) and Jimmy O’Brien replacing Stuart McCloskey.

Related: Springboks go for 7-1 bench to play Ireland

See the full squad below.

Ireland team to play New Zealand

Ireland: Hugo Keenan; Mack Hansen, Garry Ringrose, Bundee Aki, James Lowe; Johnny Sexton (captain), Jamison Gibson-Park; Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong,  Tadhg Beirne, Iain Henderson, Peter O’Mahony, Josh van der Flier, Caelan Doris.

Replacements: Ronan Kelleher, Dave Kilcoyne, Finaly Bealham, Joe McCarthy, Jack Conan, Conor Murray, Jack Crowley, Jimmy O’Brien.

Ireland Rugby World Cup squad 2023

Forwards

Prop
Finlay Bealham (Connacht)
Tadhg Furlong (Leinster)
Jeremy Loughman (Munster)
Dave Kilcoyne (Munster)
Tom O’Toole (Ulster)
Andrew Porter (Leinster)

Hooker
Rob Herring (Ulster)
Ronan Kelleher (Leinster)
Dan Sheehan (Leinster)

Second-row
Ryan Baird (Leinster)
Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
Iain Henderson (Ulster)
Joe McCarthy (Leinster)
James Ryan (Leinster)

Back-row
Jack Conan (Leinster)
Caelan Doris (Leinster)
Peter O’Mahony (Munster)
Josh van der Flier (Leinster)

Backs

Scrum-half
Craig Casey (Munster)
Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)
Conor Murray (Munster)

Fly-half
Ross Byrne (Leinster)
Jack Crowley (Munster)
Jonathan Sexton (Leinster, captain)

Centre
Bundee Aki (Connacht)
Robbie Henshaw (Leinster)
Stuart McCloskey (Ulster)
Garry Ringrose (Leinster)

Back-three
Keith Earls (Munster)
Mack Hansen (Connacht)
Hugo Keenan (Leinster)
James Lowe (Leinster)
Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)

Ireland Rugby World Cup Pool

Ireland have been drawn in Pool B alongside reigning champions South Africa, Scotland, Tonga and Romania.

Click here for the entire Rugby World Cup 2023 fixtures list or read on for Ireland’s games (all GMT).

Sat 9 Sept Ireland v Romania (Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux), 2.3opm

Sat 16 Sept Ireland v Tonga (Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes), 8pm

Sat 23 Sept South Africa v Ireland (Stade de France, Saint-Denis), 8pm

Sat 7 Oct Ireland v Scotland (Stade de France, Saint-Denis), 8pm 

The knockout stages will follow the same format as previous years, with teams from Pools A and B then Pools C and D meeting in the quarter-finals. So Wales and England could meet in the last eight, for example.

QF1 – Winner Pool C v Runner-up Pool D
QF2 – Winner Pool B v Runner-up Pool A
QF3 – Winner Pool D v Runner-up Pool C
QF4 – Winner Pool A v Runner-up Pool B

Then the semi-finals will be the Winner of QF1 v Winner QF2 and the Winner QF3 v Winner QF4.

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