Six out of the remaining seven Ulster players involved in the squad sessions have been named in the Ireland replacements bench with Andrew Trimble the unlucky one to miss out, although he will hope to be included at some point for the next two matches in the Autumn International series.

Rory Best, Simon Best, Matt McCullough, Neil Best, Kieran Campbell and David Humphreys make up an almost entirely all-Ulster panel of substitutes and together with Bowe represent the largest Ulster contingent on an Irish side in quite a number of years.

Simon Easterby will captain the Irish side.

The All-Blacks arrived in Dublin last Sunday having defeated Wales 41 - 3 at the Millenium Stadium on Saturday, they last played Ireland in Dublin in November 2001.

Ireland: 15 - Geordan Murphy; 14 - Tommy Bowe: 13 - Gordon D'Arcy; 12 - Shane Horgan; 11 - Anthony Horgan; 10 - Ronan O'Gara; 9 - Peter Stringer; 1 - Marcus Horan; 2 - Shane Byrne; 3 - John Hayes; 4 - Donnacha O'Callaghan; 5 - Malcolm O'Kelly; 6 - Simon Easterby (capt); 7 - Johnny O'Connor; 8 - Denis Leamy.


Replacements: 16 - Rory Best; 17 - Simon Best; 18 - Matt McCullough; 19 - Neil Best; 20 - Kieran Campbell; 21 - David Humphreys; 22 - Girvan Dempsey.