Watch Ireland U21s v Wales U21s live on RTÉ TWO from 7.30pm this Friday.
The Ireland under-21 team to play Wales under-21 this Friday in Dubarry Park shows three personnel changes and one positional switch to the starting team that lost to France in Strasbourg.
The positional switch sees Conan Doyle move from inside centre to outhalf, with Jonathon Sexton moving to the bench. Fergus McFadden steps into the inside centre position.
In the forwards, Michael Essex comes into the backrow in place of Ross Noonan and Sean O'Brien is named at No.8 with Billy Holland taking O'Brien's position with the replacements.
Ireland Under-21s: Fionn Carr, Peter Durcan, Darren Cave, Fergus McFadden, Matthew Williams, Conan Doyle, Paul Marshall, Darragh Hurley, Stuart Philpott, Paul Doran-Jones, Devin Toner, Daniel Touhy, Michael Essex, Ejike Uzoigwe, Sean O'Brien
Replacements: Sean Cronin, Callum Black, David McGowan, Billy Holland, Duncan Williams, Tom Gleeson, Jonathan Sexton
