Ireland name three debutants for tour of New Zealand as Brian O'Driscoll returns as captain Kidney said it was a "fantastic opportunity" for Fitzpatrick, Sherry and Zebo to play against New Zealand and they had made the side on merit. He described the upcoming tour as "like three Heineken Cup finals" and that Ireland had everything to gain from the trip. We're eighth (in the world rankings). The gap between Ireland and New Zealand is there and there's nothing to lose... We must perform well," he said. Kidney also said it was important to have the strongest squad possible, which was why he had not named a full squad. You don't experiment in matches against New Zealand. It's akin to experimenting in Heineken play-off matches. You need to go for it," he added. Ireland squad for New Zealand tour: Forwards: Rory Best (Ulster), Sean Cronin (Leinster) Stephen Ferris (Ulster), Declan Fitzpatrick (Ulster) *, Cian Healy (Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Leinster), Sean O'Brien (Leinster), Donncha O'Callaghan (Munster), Peter O'Mahony (Munster), Mike Ross (Leinster), Donnacha Ryan (Munster), Mike Sherry (Munster) *, Dan Tuohy (Ulster), A.N. Other, A.N. Other, A.N. Other. Backs: Darren Cave (Ulster), Gordon D'Arcy (Leinster), Keith Earls (Munster), Rob Kearney (Leinster), Fergus McFadden (Leinster), Conor Murray (Munster), Brian O'Driscoll (Leinster) Captain, Ronan O'Gara (Munster), Eoin Reddan (Leinster), Jonathan Sexton (Leinster), Andrew Trimble (Ulster), Simon Zebo (Munster) *, A.N. Other.