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Fly-half Ronan O'Gara keeps his place after an impressive display against Scotland

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Ireland unchanged for Wales showdown

8 March 2011, 2:48 pm

By Sportsbeat

Declan Kidney has stuck with veteran fly-half Ronan O'Gara as he named an unchanged side for Ireland's RBS 6 Nations visit to Wales.

O’Gara, who turned 34 yesterday, was recalled for Ireland’s trip to Murrayfield and he repaid Kidney’s faith scoring 11 points in a 21-18 victory.

The Munster man had to settle for a place on the bench in Ireland’s opening two encounters as Jonathan Sexton claimed the fly half jersey.

But with Ireland limping to victory against Italy before a narrow loss to France, O’Gara came back in with a man-of-the-match display against the Scots.

Meanwhile David Wallace will earn his 70th cap on Saturday in the back row, while Brian O’Driscoll will continue his quest for a record-equalling 24th Championship try against Wales.

15 - Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
14 - Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
13 - Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
12 - Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
11 - Keith Earls (Thomond/Munster)
10 - Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
9 - Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
1 - Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
2 - Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3 - Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
4 - Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5 - Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
6 - Sean O'Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)
7 - David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
8 - Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)

Replacements:
16 - Sean Cronin (Buccaneers/Connacht)
17 - Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)
18 - Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster)
19 - Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
20 - Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
21 - Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
22 - Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)