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DUBLIN : Ireland's Tom Stewart will make his first international start in their final World Cup warm-up game against Samoa on Saturday as the Six Nations champions sweat over the fitness of first choice hookers Dan Sheehan and Ronan Kelleher.
Ulster hooker Tom Stewart will start his first Test match after being named in the Ireland team to take on Samoa in Bayonne on Saturday (7.45pm).
With less than a week to go until Ireland head coach Andy Farrell names his final 33-man squad for the Rugby World Cup, this week's RTÉ Rugby took a deep-dive into the Irish squad and selected the group they'd like to see head to France next month.
Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman, Fiona Coghlan and Jonny Holland on this week's RTÉ Rugby podcast.
Ireland are still assessing the foot injury sustained by Dan Sheehan and left him behind in Dublin, officials said on Tuesday, while the squad has moved to France ahead of the World Cup kick off.
Assistant coach Mike Catt admits injured hooker Dan Sheehan is “instrumental” in Ireland’s style of play and would be a “big loss” for the Rugby World Cup.
Ireland assistant coach Mike Catt says they're still assessing the foot injury sustained by Dan Sheehan in Saturday's Rugby World Cup warm-up win against England at the Aviva Stadium.
Munster hooker Diarmuid Barron has been called in as cover for Ireland's final World Cup warm-up match against Samoa in Bayonne on Saturday.