Ireland team to play Wales: Dan Sheehan is picked captain to ‘grow leadership’ in group

Hooker replaces the injured Caelan Doris as captain, as Joe McCarthy returns to the side

Ireland's Dan Sheehan. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho

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