• Jamie Heaslip will captain Ireland as they prepare for the World Cup
• Ryan and Earls set to make their first Test appearances since March 2013Donnacha Ryan and Keith Earls will both conclude 29 months without Test rugby when they start Irelands World Cup warm-up match against Wales in Cardiff.
The luckless Munster duo’s catalogue of injuries has kept both from Test action in the Joe Schmidt era, but now both men can state their case for World Cup choice at the Millennium Stadium. Related: Rugby World Cup 2015: day-by-day fixture schedule Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com