Cian Healy is set to equal Brian O'Driscoll's Ireland cap record after being named on the bench for Friday's autumn international against Argentina.

Veteran Irish prop Cian Healy is set to equal Brian O'Driscoll's record of 133 Irish caps after being named on the bench for Friday's one-off rugby union Test with Argentina.Healy, 37, made his Test debut in 2009 and surprised many when he carried on playing despite missing the 2023 Rugby World Cup because of injury.

Cian Healy is set to move level with Brian O’Driscoll atop Ireland’s all-time rugby appearance list after being named among the replacements for the test match against Argentina on Friday.

I do love it and I suppose I am in a place where I can’t picture myself anywhere else and that’s a nice place to be, because you can go through the years debating whether you should have done X, Y or Z but I can look at all of mine and say I was exactly where I wanted to be.