Keith Earls wears the shirt vacated by injured skipper Brian O’Driscoll for the opening 6 Nations match of the season against Wales at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday.
Earls moves inside with his position on the wing taken by Andrew Trimble.
While the other talking point is the choice of Jonny Sexton at out half instead of Ronan O’Gara.
Full details of the Irish squad are on http://www.irishrugby.ie/ireland/25495.php
