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Ireland A side to face Maoris named

David Quinlan and Kieran Lewis in training
David Quinlan and Kieran Lewis in training

The Ireland A team to play the New Zealand Maori in tomorrow's Pool B Churchill Cup, kick-off 10.00pm Irish-time shows four changes from that which defeated the USA by 28-13 last weekend.

Full-back Bryn Cunningham, centre Kieran Lewis, scrum-half Chris Keane and flanker Roger Wilson all get a first run out at the Buck Shaw Stadium in San Francisco.

Ireland A are again captained by Shane Jennings, who says: 'The Maori pose a massive threat to us. They have previously won this tournament and again have a quality set of players with them - but we won't take a backward step and are definitely looking forward to the game. We have a young team and everyone is fired up to make an impression.'

IRELAND 'A' (v New Zealand Maori) at Buck Shaw Stadium,
Santa Clara, Barclays Churchill Cup, Saturday, June 10:

B Cunningham, S Keogh, K Lewis, D Quinlan, R Kearney, P Wallace, C Keane, R Hogan, J Fogarty, T Court, T Hogan, M McCullough, R Wilson, S Jennings, J Heaslip              Replacements: B Blaney, D Fitzpatrick, D Browne, N McMillan, T O'Leary, E Hickey, TBC.

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