Leinster centre Garry Ringrose to start for Ireland against Australia

Leinster centre Garry Ringrose is set to make his second start for Ireland after he was named in the starting line-up for the clash against Australia at Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

The 21-year-old will take the place of Robbie Henshaw, who was ruled out of the game with a concussion that he sustained in the Test against New Zealand.

Overall, coach Joe Schmidt has made for changes to his line-up from the game against New Zealand with Paddy Jackson replacing Jonny Sexton after the latter is out of the game with a hamstring injury.

Utility back Keith Earls has been recalled following his impressive performance against Canada with Simon Zebo moving to bench.

Uster lock Iain Henderson will make his first start of the autumn internationals and has been preferred over Donnacha Ryan, who is out of the matchday 23.

Rob Kearney and CJ Stander have passed their return to game protocol after showing signs of concussion in the game against All Blacks much to the delight of Schmidt.

Schmidt said Ringrose deserved his chance after impressing in the game against New Zealand.

"Really it's a reflection of his performance last week," said Schmidt. "I thought Garry stepped in and did incredibly well against New Zealand.

"He slipped a couple of tackles, got one line break and almost got another couple, and he was among our top tacklers.

"So it's another opportunity to invest in Garry.

"He's been in camp with us for a year and a half at different times, and he's been a bit of a long-term investment, that we want to take this opportunity to develop a bit further."

Admitting, Ireland lacked being aggressive in their previous game against New Zealand, Schmidt is hopeful the guys coming into the team will step up as they look to end their autumn internationals on a high.

"We lost our shape at points last week, it was quite difficult with those changes," said Schmidt.

"Sometimes you create chances but if you don't have leadership then you don't tend to have cohesion, and guys aren't then in the right place at the right time.

"Robbie Henshaw was an absolutely stand-out player for us in Chicago.

"And not having him for the majority of Saturday's match probably didn't allow us quite so much robustness through the midfield.

"And not having Johnny (Sexton) didn't quite give us the same kind of organisation.

"Not that Paddy Jackson can't do that, we saw in South Africa in the summer that he can, but he hadn't had nearly as much time in the saddle recently as Johnny.

"So what we're hoping is that they've had a bit of game time together last week, and we've had training since, and hopefully those guys can get a bit of confidence from that.

"And hopefully that confidence can be reflected in the performance we put together on Saturday."

Ireland - R Kearney; A Trimble, J Payne, G Ringrose, K Earls; P Jackson, C Murray; J McGrath, R Best, T Furlong; I Henderson, D Toner; CJ Stander, S O’Brien, J Heaslip. Reps: S Cronin, C Healy, F Bealham, U Dillane, J van der Flier, K Marmion, J Carbery, S Zebo.