{"id":540669,"date":"2026-07-09T08:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/540669\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T08:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:22:20","slug":"farrell-names-ireland-team-to-face-japan-in-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/540669\/","title":{"rendered":"Farrell names Ireland team to face Japan in Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.96fm.ie\/news\/96fm-news-and-sport\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All 96FM News &amp; Sport<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f596092c7ce116cc.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Pic: Irish Rugby <\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Munster duo Tadhg Beirne and Craig Casey will start for Ireland in Saturday\u2019s Nations Championship clash against Japan in Newcastle.\n        <\/p>\n<p data-end=\"801\" data-start=\"669\">Beirne will captain Ireland for the first time, lining out in the second row alongside James Ryan.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1060\" data-start=\"903\">Scrum-half Casey has also been selected to start, as Head Coach Andy Farrell makes changes following last weekend\u2019s bonus-point win over Australia in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1190\" data-start=\"1062\">Farrell said Beirne \u201ctypifies everything\u201d Ireland look for in a captain, praising his standards and leadership within the squad.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1333\" data-start=\"1192\">The match will also see hooker R\u00f3nan Kelleher make his 50th appearance for Ireland, while four players are in line to make their Test debuts.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1429\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"1335\">Ireland face Japan at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday, with kick-off at 11.10am Irish time.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland (v Japan):<\/p>\n<p>15. Jamie Osborne (Naas\/Leinster)(16)<br \/>14. Jimmy O\u2019Brien (Naas\/Leinster)(12)<br \/>13. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers\/Leinster)(84)<br \/>12. Stuart McCloskey (Bangor\/Ulster)(29)<br \/>11. Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan\/Ulster)(42)<br \/>10. Ciaran Frawley (UCD\/Leinster)(13)<br \/>9. Craig Casey (Shannon\/Munster)(28)<\/p>\n<p>1. Tom O\u2019Toole (Ballynahinch\/Ulster)(22)<br \/>2. R\u00f3nan Kelleher (Lansdowne\/Leinster)(49)<br \/>3. Thomas Clarkson (Blackrock College\/Leinster)(14)<br \/>4. Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne\/Munster)(71)(captain)<br \/>5. James Ryan (UCD\/Leinster)(81)<br \/>6. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere\/Leinster)(60)<br \/>7. Nick Timoney (Queen\u2019s University\/Ulster)(12)<br \/>8. Sean Jansen (Connacht)*<\/p>\n<p>Replacements:<\/p>\n<p>16. Tom Stewart (Ballynahinch\/Ulster)(5)<br \/>17. Billy Bohan (Corinthians\/Connacht)*<br \/>18. Sam Illo (Buccaneers\/Connacht)*<br \/>19. Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch\/Ulster)(4)<br \/>20. Bryn Ward (Ballynahinch\/Ulster)*<br \/>21. Nathan Doak (Banbridge\/Ulster)(1)<br \/>22. Harry Byrne (Lansdowne\/Leinster)(4)<br \/>23. Bundee Aki (Galwegians\/Connacht)(70).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=7f34f5aa-7e94-4bfd-8061-e41ce90c27a8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/68da98f341698.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All 96FM News &amp; Sport Pic: Irish Rugby Munster duo Tadhg Beirne and Craig Casey will start for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1339,61,60,1344,1345,43,1343,1342,1341,1340],"class_list":["post-540669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-96fm","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-live-broadcast-available","tag-lorraine-and-ross","tag-news","tag-news-and-information","tag-presenters","tag-programmes","tag-the-word-on-96fm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}