Captain Casey Wants 'special Week' For Ireland Debutants

Ireland skipper Craig Casey says nan squad are keen to "make it a typical week" for nan debutants who will look Georgia connected Saturday.

Scrum-half Casey, 26, is nan Irish skipper for this summer's Tests against Georgia and Portugal pinch 16 players connected British and Irish Lions duty.

Interim Ireland caput coach Paul O'Connell has handed debuts to Leinster helping Tommy O'Brien and Connacht 2nd statement Darragh Murray for nan lucifer astatine nan Mikheil Meshki Stadium (18:00 BST).

Props Michael Milne and Jack Aungier, on pinch Munster's Tom Ahern and Connacht scrum-half Ben Murphy, are besides successful statement to make their elder world bows disconnected nan bench.

"It's unbelievable for them to gain their first caps and it's a immense opportunity for each of us. It's a monolithic privilege for america to put connected nan Irish jersey astatine immoderate stage," said Casey successful a pre-match media question and reply provided by nan Irish Rugby Football Union [IRFU].

"It's up to america to laic down a marker and make it a typical week for them."

The Munster number 9 added that it was "a typical honour" to beryllium skippering nan squad fixed nan pedigree of nan erstwhile incumbents successful nan role.

"The players that I'm following, it's people to beryllium successful that benignant of nickname pinch those type of players," he said.

"I'm delighted pinch it. It'll beryllium a typical time for my family and everyone who has put a batch of activity into me."

Casey is anticipating a formidable beingness situation from Georgia, who are classed 11th successful nan world.

"We're expecting them to beryllium up nan walls pinch physicality and bring their crippled to us. They've sewage a backmost statement who are going to title each breakdown.

"I deliberation if we're connected our breakdown we'll person a bully day, we'll person to do a batch of activity there.

"Obviously their forwards group nan level for them but they person a high-quality back-line. They person immoderate really large threats.

"Their number 15, Davit Niniashvili, is simply a high-class player. He has shown it successful nan Top 14 and he's shown it successful Europe. I ideate their fans are going to make it a typical juncture for them, they'll beryllium delighted to person Ireland complete and effort and sound america off."