The Ireland team to face Italy at Soldier Field in Chicago has been named. The team will be captained by Rhys Ruddock and includes two uncapped players in the replacements.
Ireland team to play Italy
Forwards: 1 Jack McGrath (Leinster), 2 Niall Scannell (Munster), 3 Andrew Porter (Leinster), 4 Tadhg Beirne (Munster), 5 Quinn Roux (Connacht), 6 Rhys Ruddock (CAPTAIN, Leinster), 7 Josh van der Flier (Leinster), 8 Jack Conan (Leinster)
Backs: 9 Luke McGrath (Leinster), 10 Joey Carbery (Munster), 11 Jacob Stockdale (Ulster), 12 Bundee Aki (Connacht), 13 Garry Ringrose (Leinster), 14 Andrew Conway (Munster), 15 Jordan Larmour (Leinster)
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin (Leinster), 17 Dave Kilcoyne (Munster), 18 Finlay Bealham (Connacht), 19 Devin Toner (Leinster), 20 Jordi Murphy (Ulster), 21 John Cooney (Ulster), 22 Ross Byrne (Leinster)*, 23 Will Addison (Ulster)*
* Denotes uncapped player