The Ireland boss will confirm his matchday 23 in Nantes tomorrow afternoon.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Tours AS ANDY FARRELL told us last week, Ireland believe they can’t pick a bad team out of their 33-man group at the World Cup.
Even though Ireland are heavy favourites for this weekend’s tie at the Stade de La Beaujoire, this promises to be one of Farrell’s most intriguing team selections in a long time. It’s certainly the most difficult to predict in a long time.With that Springboks tie looming, there’s a case to be made for removing many of Ireland’s key players from the line of fire to be sure they’re fully fit and ready to go against the South Africans in what could be the pool decider.
Johnny Sexton’s involvement has been the big debate in recent days but the Ireland captain seems very likely to feature this weekend, whether as the starting number 10 or off the Irish bench.
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