Irish skipper O'Mahony drops to bench for second SA Test

Ireland skipper Peter O'Mahony has been named only among nan replacements for Saturday's 2nd Test against South Africa.

Head coach Andy Farrell has moved Tadhg Beirne to O'Mahony's accustomed blindside flanker domiciled and brought James Ryan into nan 2nd statement pinch number 8 Caelan Doris named arsenic skipper.

In each Farrell has made 4 changes to nan broadside that lost nan first Test 27-20 successful Pretoria past weekend, their first nonaccomplishment to nan Springboks since 2016.

South African caput coach Rassie Erasmus had already named an unchanged squad for this weekend's crippled successful Durban.

While Ryan's promotion to nan starting broadside complete O'Mahony appears to beryllium a action decision, Farrell was ever going to person to change his squad for what is nan past crippled of a agelong season.

Scrum-half Craig Casey and hooker Dan Sheehan were both ruled retired earlier this week pinch injuries sustained successful nan first Test.

The vastly knowledgeable Conor Murray will commencement astatine 9 pinch Connacht's Caolin Blade among nan replacements.

Ronan Kelleher comes into nan broadside successful spot of Sheehan pinch Ulster's Rob Herring, a Cape Town native, coming onto nan bench.

While Bundee Aki was not included successful Ireland's wounded update, he appeared to beryllium carrying a sound aft nan conclusion astatine Loftus Versfeld and is not successful this weekend's panel.

Instead Robbie Henshaw switches from extracurricular to wrong centre pinch his Leinster workfellow Garry Ringrose to deterioration nan 13 jersey.

Ireland: Osborne; Nash, Ringrose, Henshaw, Lowe; Crowley, Murray; Porter, Kelleher, Furlong; McCarthy, Ryan; Beirne, Van der Flier, Doris (capt).

Replacements: Herring, Healy, Bealham, Baird, O'Mahony, Blade, Frawley, McCloskey.