Ireland captain Johnny Sexton retained his starting place for Saturday's Rugby World Cup clash with Tonga as head coach Andy Farrell made four changes to his side.
Winger Mack Hansen and scrum-half Conor Murray come into the backline in place of Keith Earls and Jamison Gibson-Park following last weekend's 82-8 thrashing of Pool B minnows Romania.There are also two changes among the forwards with Ronan Kelleher replacing Rob Herring at hooker and openside flanker Josh van der Flier coming into the side for Joe McCarthy in a reshuffle of the pack.
The world's top-ranked nation are seeking to extend their record winning streak to 15 matches to keep themselves on course for the quarter-finals moving towards pivotal Paris appointments with the Springboks and Scotland.Kelleher will pack down between first-choice props Andrew Porter and Tadhg Furlong to make only his second Test start since the 2022 Guinness Six Nations.
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