The Irish A Team to Play Italy .
The Ireland A team can take a step closer to the Grand Slam when they take on the Italians on Friday evening in Donnybrook (kick off 6pm).
Paddy Wallace (Ulster/Ballymena); Gordon Darcy (Leinster/Lansdowne), Mike Mullins (Munster/Young Munster)
Jason Holland (Munster/Midleton), Anthony Horgan (Munster/Cork Constitution); Paul Burke (Harlequins)
Neil Doak (Ulster/Belfast Harlequins); Reggie Corrigan capt(Leinster/Lansdowne), Gavin Hickie (Leinster/St. Mary’s College), Simon Best (Ulster/Belfast Harlequins); Leo Cullen (Leinster/Blackrock College), Bob Casey (Leinster/Blackrock College); Alan Quinlan (Munster/Shannon), Keith Gleeson (Leinster/St. Mary’s College), Victor Costello (Leinster/St. Mary’s College).
Replacements: James Blaney (Munster/Shannon), Marcus Horan (Munster/Shannon), Donnacha O’Callaghan (Munster/Cork Constitution),
-Andy Ward (Ulster/Ballynahinch), Brian O’Meara (Leinster/Cork Constitution), Jeremy Staunton (Munster/Garryowen), Justin Bishop (London Irish).