Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has named his matchday squad to take on Australia in their first Test at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday.
In the absence through injury of Rory Best, blindside flanker Peter O’Mahony will captain the team.
O’Mahony first led Ireland on the summer tour to USA and Canada back in 2013.
He is joined in the back-row by Jordi Murphy at openside and CJ Stander at number eight.
James Ryan and Iain Henderson partner up in the second-row. In the front-row, Rob Herring wins his fourth cap at hooker packing down alongside Jack McGrath and John Ryan.
Rob Kearney is named at full-back and is joined in the back three by Jacob Stockdale and Keith Earls.
Robbie Henshaw returns to the team and is reunited with Bundee Aki in the centre. Joey Carbery is named at fly-half with Conor Murray as his half-back partner.
The replacements named are Sean Cronin, Cian Healy, Tadhg Furlong, Quinn Roux, Jack Conan, Kieran Marmion, Johnny Sexton and Jordan Larmour.
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Conor Murray, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Jordi Murphy, 6 Peter O’Mahony (c), 5 Iain Henderson, 4 James Ryan, 3 John Ryan, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Jack McGrath
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Quinn Roux, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Johnny Sexton, 23 Jordan Larmour
Date: Saturday, June 9
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Kick-off: 20:00 local (11:00 BST, 10:00 GMT)
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Pascal Gaüzère (France), Paul Williams (New Zealand)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)
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