The Six Nations Player of the Championship picked up an injury in training this week and will sit out the game in Galway.
Aoife Wafer has been ruled out of Ireland's second WXV match against Japan on Sunday.
The Six Nations Player of the Championship picked up an injury in training this week and will sit out the game in Galway.
Head coach Scott Bemand has made six changes from last weekend's defeat to the USA.
Neve Jones and Eilís Cahill both come into the front-row, with Brittany Hogan replacing the injured Wafer in the back-row.
Connacht's Aoibheann Reilly is in for her first start in a year at scrum-half, Anna McGann comes in at centre with the fit-again Beibhinn Parsons starting on the wing.

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