Live Ireland team announcement v New Zealand: Crowley and McCloskey start, Doris on bench

McCloskey preferred to Bundee Aki as Andy Farrell names team for Test

Ireland's Stuart McCloskey. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

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