James Ryan returns to the Ireland starting line-up for this weekend’s Six Nations opener with Wales but Robbie Henshaw misses out entirely having struggled with a knock all week.
Lock Ryan hasn’t played since pulling out of the warm-up ahead of Leinster’s record 89-7 Champions Cup win over Montpellier last month.
He joins Tadhg Beirne in a dynamic second row, while Leinster’s Ryan Baird is named on the bench in place of the injured Ulster captain Iain Henderson.
