Ireland co-captain Edel McMahon has won her race to be fit for Sunday's Rugby World Cup pool opener with Japan.
The Exeter flanker has been named to start, despite missing the warm-up matches against Canada and Scotland due to a knee injury.
Head coach Scott Bemand has named Stacey Flood, Béibhinn Parsons and Amee-Leigh Costigan the back three, with Eve Higgins partnering Aoife Dalton in midfield.
Aoibheann Reilly is at scrum-half with Dannah O'Brien named to start at out-half.
Niamh O'Dowd, Neve Jones and Linda Djougang start in the front row, with Ruth Campbell joining co-captain Sam Monaghan in the second-row.
McMahon is in the back-row alongside Brittany Hogan and Fiona Tuite.
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Ireland team and replacements:
15. Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)
14. Béibhinn Parsons (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht)
13. Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)
12. Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC/Leinster)
11. Amee-Leigh Costigan (Railway Union RFC/Munster)
10. Dannah O'Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)
9. Aoibheann Reilly (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht)
1. Niamh O’Dowd (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)
2. Neve Jones (Gloucester Hartpury)
3. Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)
4. Ruth Campbell (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)
5. Sam Monaghan (Gloucester Hartpury/IQ Rugby)(co-captain)
6. Fiona Tuite (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)
7. Edel McMahon (Exeter Chiefs/Connacht)(co-captain)
8. Brittany Hogan (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)
Replacements:
16. Clíodhna Moloney-MacDonald (Exeter Chiefs)
17. Ellena Perry (Gloucester Hartpury/IQ Rugby
18. Sadhbh McGrath (Cooke RFC/Ulster)
19. Eimear Corri-Fallon (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)
20. Grace Moore (Trailfinders Women/IQ Rugby)
21. Emily Lane (Blackrock College RFC/Munster)
22. Enya Breen (Blackrock College RFC/Munster)
23. Anna McGann (Railway Union RFC)
