Ulster quartet to start for Ireland in second test v Japan

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Lock Kieran Treadwell has been named in the starting XV

By Simon Hunter

Ireland's team to take on Japan in the second test this weekend has been named.

Four Ulstermen make the starting fifteen.

Lock Kieran Treadwell will start in the 4 jersey, with Paddy Jackson at 10, Jacob Stockdale on the wing and Luke Marshall at inside centre.

Sean Reidy will be on the bench.

Devin Toner will win his 50th cap, and John Cooney, who joins Ulster this summer, is in line to make his debut and is named in the replacements.

 

Joe Schmidt's men beat the Brave Blossoms 50-22 on Saturday, in the first test.

Japan v Ireland

Ajinomoto Stadium

Tokyo, Japan

Ireland team 

(15-9) Andrew Conway, Keith Earls, Garry Ringrose, Luke Marshall, Jacob Stockdale, Paddy Jackson, Kieran Marmion

(1-8) Cian Healy, James Tracy, John Ryan, Kieran Treadwell, Devin Toner, Rhys Ruddock (c), Josh van der Flier, Jack Conan

(Replacements 16-23) Niall Scannell, Dave Kilcoyne, Andrew Porter, James Ryan, Sean Reidy, John Cooney Rory Scannell, Tiernan O'Halloran

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