Leicester Tigers winger Johne Murphy will run out on home soil – but from the away dressing room - when international rugby returns to Welford Road on Friday, February 1 after being named in the Ireland A team to face England Saxons.

The 23-year-old has scored five tries so far this season and missed out on involvement in the Tigers matchday 22 just once.

Murphy, who gained his first Ireland A caps last season, will be joined in the team by former Tigers colleague Shane Jennings, who makes a second return to Welford Road after playing for Leinster in the Heineken Cup defeat just last weekend.

British & Irish Lions winger Shane Horgan, Munster hooker Frankie Sheahan and Ulster scrum-half Isaac Boss are among the senior internationals named in the starting XV.

The England Saxons squad includes Tigers players Jordan Crane and Tom Varndell.

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Ireland A team (v England Saxons, Welford Road, Friday, February 1, 7.45pm kick-off):
15 Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)
14 Johne Murphy (Leicester Tigers)
13 Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
12 Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster)
11 Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
10 Andrew Dunne (Old Belvedere/Connacht)
9 Isaac Boss (Ballymena /Ulster)
1 Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
2 Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
3 Bryan Young (Ballymena/Ulster)
4 Trevor Hogan (Shannon/Leinster)
5 Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon/Ulster)
6 Stephen Keogh (St Mary’s College/Leinster)
7 Shane Jennings (St Mary’s College/Leinster)
8 Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster)

Replacements:
16 Adrian Flavin (Buccaneers/Connacht)
17 Declan Fitzpatrick (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
18 Donncha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
19 David Pollock (Queens University/Ulster)
20 Chris Keane (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
21 Niall O’Connor (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
22 Daniel O’Riordan (Buccaneers/Connacht)