Joe Schmidt has named his Ireland team ahead of their Six Nations second-round match against Scotland at Murrayfield.
Chris Farrell makes his first start of the tournament as he joins Bundee Aki in the centre, while Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton have been named at 9 and 10, respectively.
There are further changes for Ireland as Quinn Roux comes in at lock, partnering James Ryan, and Sean O’Brien and Jack Conan are introduced to the back row.
Rob Kearney starts at fullback in place of Robbie Henshaw, who was a surprise inclusion at full-back for Ireland’s opener against England.
“Robbie has a dead leg and just hasn’t recovered in time,” Schmidt said.
Ireland’s front row remains unchanged from the defeat to England, with captain Rory Best starting alongside Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong.
Ireland team to face Scotland
15. Rob Kearney, 14. Keith Earls, 13. Chris Farrell, 12. Bundee Aki, 11. Jacob Stockdale, 10. Jonathan Sexton, 9. Conor Murray; 1. Cian Healy, 2. Rory Best (c), 3. Tadhg Furlong, 4. James Ryan, 5. Quinn Roux, 6. Peter O’Mahony, 7. Sean O’Brien, 8. Jack Conan
Replacements:
16. Sean Cronin, 17. Dave Kilcoyne, 18. Andrew Porter, 19. Ultan Dillane, 20. Josh van der Flier, 21. John Cooney, 22. Joey Carbery, 23. Jordan Larmour.
Meanwhile, Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has made four changes to his side for the Ireland clash.
Townsend has included last year’s top try-scoring Saracens wing Sean Maitland, who has recovered from a hamstring injury to replace last weekend’s hat-trick try-scorer Blair Kinghorn, who is benched.
Maitland will form a back-three with fellow British & Irish Lions Tommy Seymour and Stuart Hogg. The trio have a combined 150 caps and 49 tries for Scotland, and Feb. 9. marks their 18th Scotland test start as a back-three.
Elsewhere, prop Simon Berghan and back-row Josh Strauss come in for forwards Willem Nel and Sam Skinner, who are nursing calf and ankle injuries, respectively. Jonny Gray’s recovery from a shoulder injury sees him start ahead of second-row Ben Toolis, who will be a replacement.
Townsend said: “We picked up two injuries from last week with WP [Nel] and Sam [Skinner] missing out, which is disappointing for us and them, but have had a boost with a number of proven test players returning from injury and available to us this week.”
Scotland team to face Ireland
15. Stuart Hogg, 14. Tommy Seymour, 13. Huw Jones, 12. Sam Johnson, 11. Sean Maitland, 10. Finn Russell, 9. Greig Laidlaw (c); 1. Allan Dell, 2. Stuart McInally, 3. Simon Berghan, 4. Grant Gilchrist, 5. Jonny Gray, 6. Ryan Wilson, 7. Jamie Ritchie, 8. Josh Strauss
Replacements:
16. Fraser Brown, 17. Jamie Bhatti, 18. D’arcy Rae, 19. Ben Toolis, 20. Rob Harley, 21. Ali Price, 22. Pete Horne, 23. Blair Kinghorn.