Two dot balls followed before Bilal Shafayat was caught at short fine-leg, Kevin O'Brien walked in front of a straight one and Jake Ball, on his one-day debut, looked shell-shocked as Smith trimmed his off bail.
That improvement was rewarded with the wicket of Rees, caught down the leg side by Niall O'Brien off Andrew Hall.
Four minutes after the break Denis Leamy received lengthy treatment before being stretchered off with a leg injury and Sean O'Brien ran onto the field for his first cap.
Bar Keith Gleeson who is just returning from a broken leg, everyone of O'Sullivan's squad is fit, fresh and standing at the oche ready to launch this season's campaign.
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Munster suffered a blow when Warwick was caught in the face by a stray leg and with no Ronan O'Gara on the bench had to turn to Conan Doyle, an elementary replacement at fly-half.
Spurs added to their 2-1 first leg lead against Slavia when Jamie O'Hara fired in a deflected shot off Martin Latka.
O'Donovan also had a header comfortably saved by the Italian and the pair clashed again soon after when Cudicini reacted furiously after O'Donovan flicked out a leg and connected with the keeper as he slid in to collect a through-ball.
Debutant Kevin O'Brien was tamely given out leg before for 23 from 35 balls, including Ireland's only six of the innings.
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Both Best and lock Paul O'Connell came through fitness tests on leg injuries and Kidney has no hesitation in naming them.
The Rams led 1-0 from the first leg but a fierce Nani strike levelled the tie and defensive errors let John O'Shea and Carlos Tevez put United in charge.
Martin O'Neill's side trailed 1-0 from the first leg in Austria, and they missed a great chance to level when Ashley Young's penalty was saved by goalkeeper Helge Payer after the same player was fouled in the area.
The shocking ending seems inevitable, yet O'Connor said that while writing, she didn't know the leg would be stolen until the moment it was.
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And manager Martin O'Neill insisted they would not sit back and rely on having a first-leg advantage, secured by James Milner's first-half goal.
O'Brien missed a slog-sweep and was bowled, Gary Wilson was trapped leg before wicket and Joyce was stumped for 32 to leave Ireland seemingly in tatters at 111-5.
Matt Prior looked in good touch and hit successive fours off Kevin O'Brien, sharing 53 with Denly before he was caught hooking on the long-leg boundary.
The left-hander's century arrived off 179 balls but he had two slices of luck on 70 and 86, with Iain O'Brien failing to hold a return catch and Jesse Ryder dropping a chance at short leg off Vettori's left-arm spin.
But from manager O'Neill's point of view his side's objective was achieved in the first leg and the team can now look forward to their European challenge.
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