Chris Farrell to make Ireland debut against Fiji, Joey Carbery at fly-half

Chris Farrell will make his Test debut in an Ireland team showing 13 changes to face Fiji in Dublin on Saturday, live on Sky Sports.

The 24-year-old Munster centre will partner Ulster's Stuart McCloskey in midfield, with Joey Carbery of Leinster making just his second international start at fly-half.

Andrew Conway shifts from wing to full-back, and the Munster utility back and lock Devin Toner are the only two men retained from last weekend's record 38-3 thumping of South Africa.

Leinster's Rhys Ruddock will captain Ireland from the back row, following a hugely impressive try-scoring cameo off the bench against the Springboks.

Highly-rated Leinster prop Andrew Porter will make his first Test start, with the powerful 21-year-old trusted to anchor the scrum at tighthead.

Head coach Joe Schmidt has seized the chance to field a fully revamped XV for the visit of the livewire Fijians, in a bold move that underscores his continued search for improved squad depth.

Asked if he would harbour worries over his decision to field such a changed side, Schmidt replied: "Yeah. We're just hoping that these guys try to follow up the benchmark set in the fine win over South Africa last week.

"It's a real challenge for them. There will be some really tough moments and it will be interesting to see how they work their way through it.

"We want to give them a really stern test now to see if that progression can continue under real stress.

"It's always a concern (making so many changes), but I can't fault the application of this group.

"If they can bring that into the game, start well and get early confidence, I'd hope they can acquit themselves really well."

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British and Irish Lions half-backs Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray have been rested entirely, as Ireland look to challenge their young and inexperienced squad players to deliver at the Aviva Stadium.

Ireland's starting XV this weekend will boast just 188 caps, further underlining the extent of Schmidt's changes.

Ireland: 15 Andrew Conway, 14 Darren Sweetnam, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 S McCloskey, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Kieran Marmion, 1 Jack McGrath, 2 Rob Herring, 3 Andrew Porter, 4 Ultan Dillane, 5 Devin Toner, 6 Rhys Ruddock (c), 7 Jordi Murphy, 8 Jack Conan.

Replacements: 16 James Tracy, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 CJ Stander, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ian Keatley, 23 Robbie Henshaw.