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Jamison Gibson Park returns to Ireland side to play South Africa

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Jamison Gibson-Park comes into the Ireland side as Andy Farrell makes one change to the starting 15 to take on world champions South Africa.

The scrum-half returns to partner Johnny Sexton after missing the victory over Tonga last weekend. Ireland face their toughest game of the tournament yet, when they take on the 2019 winners on Saturday night in Paris in what is expected to be a hugely physical battle.

The front row of Andrew Porter, Ronan Kelleher and Tadhg Furlong remains the same, supported by James Ryan and Tadhg Beirne in the second row.

Peter O'Mahony, Josh Van Der Flier make up the back row. In the centre, the in form Bundee Aki partners Garry Ringrose, with James Lowe and Mack Hansen on the wings, with Hugo Keenan at full-back.

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