Four changes for Ireland for clash against Tonga

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has made four changes to the starting line up for the World Cup game against Tonga to be played on Saturday.

Johnny Sexton, who has announced that he will retire at the end of the tournament will continue to lead the side at fly half with Conor Murray joining him at half back replacing Jamison Gibson-Park.

Mack Hansen makes a return to the line up at right wing at the expense of Keith Earls with James Lowe continuing at left. Garry Ringrose and Bundee Aki continue to remain at midfield with Hugo Keenan remaining at fullback.

The second row sees a change with Tadhg Beirne shifting to join James Ryan with Josh van der Flier coming in at back row joining Caelan Doris and Peter O'Mahony. The front row also sees a change with Ronan Kelleher being the preferred hooker for the game replacing Rob Herring.

Craig Casey is set to make his World Cup debut when he comes of the bench that also has Herring, David Kilcoyne, Finlay Bealham, Iain Henderson, Ryan Baird, Ross Byrne and Robbie Henshaw.

Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Johnny Sexton (c), 9 Conor Murray, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 James Ryan, 4 Tadhg Beirne, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter

Reserves: 16 Rob Herring, 17 David Kilcoyne, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Ryan Baird, 21 Craig Casey, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Robbie Henshaw