Irish second rowers Ed O'Donoghue and Dan Touhy will make their first senior appearance for Ireland in the uncapped match as will centre Fergus McFadden and No.8 Chris Henry.
In addition to these fresh faces coming into the side, the team is fastened with a backbone of experience with Ronan O'Gara, who will captain the side, and Peter Stringer the halfback partnership.
Ireland XV (V Barbarians, Friday June 4th, Thomond Park):
15 - Robert Kearney , 14 - Shane Horgan , 13 - Gavin Duffy , 12 - Fergus McFadden ,* 11 - Andrew Trimble , 10 - Ronan O'Gara , Captain 9 - Peter Stringer , 1 - Marcus Horan , 2 - Sean Cronin , 3 - Tony Buckley , 4 - Ed O'Donoghue ,* 5 - Dan Tuohy ,* 6 - John Muldoon , 7 - Niall Ronan , 8 - Chris Henry ,*
Replacements:16 - Jerry Flannery , 17 - Tom Court , 18 - Mick O'Driscoll , 19 - David Wallace , 20 - Tomas O'Leary , 21 - Jonathan Sexton , 22 - Paddy Wallace ,
*Denotes uncapped player
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