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1st September 2015
10:52am BST
10 - players over the age of 30, led by 35-year-olds Paul O'Connell and Mike Ross
28.8 - average age of the squad, with the forwards coming in at 29.4 and the backs at 27.9
1,043 - total number of caps in the squad, an average of 33 per man
82 - caps for centre Gordon D'Arcy, who we could have seen for the final time on a professional rugby field after he was left out
2 - scrum-halves in the panel, the biggest risk taken by Schmidt
4 - positions being covered in some form by Ian Madigan. The Leinster man goes into the tournament as equal second choice out-half, third choice scrum-half, third choice inside centre and fourth choice full-back
2 - Rob and Dave Kearney are just the second set of brothers to represent Ireland in the same World Cup squad, joining Richard and Paul Wallace in 1995.
0 - minutes played by first choice prop Cian Healy in preseason so far
109 - total number of international minutes played by Nathan White and Tadhg Furlong, the two back-ups to tighthead stalwart Mike Ross
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