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Massive late blow for Ireland

Ireland suffered a late injury setback with captain Paul O'Connell ruled out of Sunday’s Six Nations Test again Scotland in Dublin with a chest infection.

O'Connell is replaced by Dan Tuohy with Iain Henderson coming on to the bench and Jamie Heaslip taking over the captaincy.

Ireland (revised): 15 Rob Kearney, 14 David Kearney, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Luke Marshall, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip (captain), 7 Chris Henry, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 5 Dan Tuohy, 4 Devin Toner, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.

Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Martin Moore, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Tommy O'Donnell, 21 Isaac Boss, 22 Paddy Jackson, 23 Fergus McFadden.

Date: Sunday, February 2

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Kick-off: 15.00 (15.00 GMT)

Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Mike Fraser (New Zealand)

TMO: Carlo Damasco (Italy)

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