Jarrod Payne returns to the Ireland team for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy and and renews his centre partnership with Robbie Henshaw.
There had been calls for Joe Schmidt to name Payne at full-back, but he gets the nod at centre and replaces Stuart McCloskey, who drops out of the matchday squad.
Simon Zebo comes in for Rob Kearney at full-back after Kearney failed to recover from a hamstring injury, but otherwise the starting XV is unchanged from the team that lost to England in Twickenham.
Andrew Trimble and Keith Earls start on the wings, while Conor Murray and Jonathan Sexton are at half-back.
Schmidt has opted for a front row of Jack McGrath, Rory Best, who captains the team and Mike Ross.
Devin Toner and Donnacha Ryan remain in the second row, despite Ultane Dillane's impressive cameo against England, with CJ Stander, Josh van der Flier and Jamie Heaslip in the back row.
Sean Cronin, Cian Healy, Dillane, Rhys Ruddock, Kieran Marmion - in for the injured Eoin Reddan, Ian Madigan and Fergus McFadden are all named on the bench.
Ireland team: S Zebo; A Trimble, J Payne, R Henshaw, K Earls; J Sexton, C Murray; J McGrath, R Best (capt), M Ross; D Ryan, D Toner; CJ Stander, J van der Flier, J Heaslip.
Replacements: S Cronin, C Healy, N White, U Dillane, R Ruddock, K Marmion, I Madigan, F McFadden.
