Paul O'Connell captain's the side and is joined in the second row by Iain Henderson. The backrow is made up of Jamie Heaslip at No.8, Sean O'Brien at open-side and Peter O'Mahony at blindside.
Mike Ross returns to the front row along with Rory Best and Jack McGrath.
Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton are paired at half-back with Robbie Henshaw and Keith Earls in the centre. The back three is made up of Simon Zebo at fullback withTommy Bowe and Dave Kearney filling the wing positions.
Among the replacements are Sean Cronin, Cian Healy, Nathan White, Devin Toner,Chris Henry, Eoin Reddan, Ian Madigan and Luke Fitzgerald.
Former Lions , Ireland and Leinster hooker Shane Byrne says the team won't get caught cold in our first game of the tournament against a tier one nation.
There's one game this evening as New Zealand clash with Georgia in Cardiff.
Kick of is at 8.
