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Ireland resume their Nations Championship run against Argentina successful Dublin connected Friday nighttime
ByJonathan Bradley
BBC Sport NI elder journalist
Nick Timoney, Craig Casey and Sean Jansen volition commencement for Ireland against Argentina successful the Nations Championship connected Friday night, with Jamison Gibson Park and Josh van der Flier connected the seat astatine the Aviva Stadium.
With skipper Caelan Doris and two-tour British and Irish Lion Jack Conan missing done injury, Connacht's Jansen ever seemed the astir apt to capable successful astatine fig 8 for caput manager Andy Farrell.
The 27-year-old made a try-scoring debut for Ireland against Japan successful July and followed that with a cameo arsenic a replacement against the All Blacks a week later.
The selections of Casey and Timoney, however, were little expected.
Influential scrum-half Gibson-Park has arguably been Ireland's champion performer successful caller seasons.
The 34-year-old missed the commencement of Leinster's play with a groin wounded but made his instrumentality successful the triumph implicit Munster connected 24 October.
With lone that crippled nether his loop this season, helium volition commencement connected the seat with Casey preferred to commencement astatine 9 successful a half-back concern with fly-half Sam Prendergast, who has recovered from a wrist injury.
Ulster backmost enactment Timoney, 31, antecedently struggled to regularly interruption into the broadside contempt beardown signifier for his state but enactment against Argentina means helium volition beryllium progressive successful his ninth consecutive Test.
Seven of those, however, person been from the seat and his commencement connected Friday nighttime comes astatine the disbursal of erstwhile World Rugby Player of the Year Van der Flier.
Ireland v Argentina
Nations Championship
Friday 6 November, 20:10 GMT
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Live commentary connected BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Sport website and app
With Garry Ringrose ruled retired due to the fact that of a hamstring problem, the experienced Robbie Henshaw volition deterioration the 13 jersey, forming a midfield concern with Stuart McCloskey.
Wing Mack Hansen, prop Andrew Porter and Ryan Baird each commencement having not featured for Ireland since the decision by South Africa successful November 2025.
All 3 missed some the Six Nations and summertime fixtures successful the Nations Championship done injury.
Hansen starts successful the fig 11 jersey successful what is Ireland's archetypal location crippled since James Lowe's departure from Irish rugby, with Robert Baloucoune keeping his spot connected the close helping and Hugo Keenan selected astatine full-back.
Baird is selected astatine blind-side flanker, joining Timoney and Jansen successful the backmost row.
Porter's instrumentality astatine loose-head volition beryllium a sizeable boost for Andy Farrell aft caller windows were interaction by wounded problems astatine the position.
He volition battalion down alongside hooker Dan Sheehan, who captains the broadside successful Doris' absence, and tight-head Tadhg Furlong.
Furlong is escaped to play aft he was cleared by a disciplinary committee of grabbing Gavin Coombes successful the groin past month.
With Tadhg Beirne and Joe McCarthy selected arsenic starting locks, James Ryan indispensable marque bash with a spot connected the seat alongside Van der Flier and Gibson-Park.
Sam Illo, who volition marque his location debut if called upon, Ronan Kelleher, Tom O'Toole, Ciaran Frawley and Bundee Aki are Ireland's different replacements.
Argentina brag Felipe Contepomi has made 12 changes from the broadside that drew 28-28 with Australia successful September arsenic Los Pumas question a archetypal distant triumph implicit Ireland.
Toulouse full-back Juan Cruz Mallia returns to triumph a archetypal headdress since November 2025 aft injury.
Ireland: Hugo Keenan; Robert Baloucoune, Robbie Henshaw, Stuart McCloskey, Mack Hansen; Sam Prendergast, Craig Casey; Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan (capt), Tadhg Furlong; Joe McCarthy, Tadhg Beirne; Ryan Baird, Nick Timoney, Sean Jansen.
Replacements: Ronan Kelleher, Tom O'Toole, Sam Illo, James Ryan, Josh van der Flier, Jamison Gibson-Park, Ciaran Frawley oregon Jamie Benson, Bundee Aki.
Argentina: Juan Cruz Mallia; Bautista Delguy, Justo Piccardo, Santiago Chocobares, Mateo, Carreras; Tomas Albornoz, Gonzalo Garcia; Boris Wegner, Julian Montoya (capt), Francisco Moreno; Guido Petti, Pefro Rubiolo; Juan Martin Gonzalez, Marcos Kremer, Pablo Matera.
Replacements: Leonel Oviedo, Mayco Vivas, Joel Sclavi, Efrain Elias, Juan Martin Scelzo, Simon Benitez Cruz, Geronimo Prisciantelli, Lucio Cinti
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