Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton are named at 9 and 10 respectively with Chris Farrell , making his first Championship start,partnering Bundee Aki in the centre.
Rob Kearney is named at fullback with Keith Earls and Jacob Stockdale on the wings
IRELAND Team & Replacements (v Scotland, 2019 Guinness Six Nations Championship, BT Murrayfield, Saturday, February 9, kick-off 2:15 pm):
Player/Club/Province/Caps –
15. Rob Kearney (Leinster/UCD) 87 caps
14. Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 73
13. Chris Farrell (Munster/Young Munster) 3 caps
12. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 13
11. Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster) 15
10. Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 79 (vc)
9. Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 681. Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 852. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 114 (c)3. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 294. James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 14 5. Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht) 96. Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 53 (vc)7. Sean O’Brien (Leinster/UCD) 53 8. Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 11 caps Replacements16. Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 6617. Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 2518. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 1219. Ultan Dillane (Connacht/Corinthians) 11 caps20. Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 14 caps21. John Cooney (Ulster/Terenure College) 522. Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Munster) 17
23. Jordan Larmour (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 10