Keith Earls, Joe McCarthy and Jacob Stockdale have all be tipped to start, along with Casey & Crowley
Ahead of the announcement of this Ireland team, forwards coach Paul O'Connell spoke with the media and gave his thoughts on the Johnny Sexton suspension."I'd say it's a worry for him, you know," said O'Connell."He wants to finish playing really, really well, and I'd say he'd love to have a few more games under his belt.
""Johnny is very good at being able to come back from injury and hit the ground running," O'Connell added."Out-half, you need to be fit but it's maybe not the work rate position that a back three or maybe even some of the forwards is. You can come in and hit the ground running pretty well and he's been really good at that. Whenever he's come back from injuries, he rarely needs a lot of games to get back up and running. It's a real strength of his.
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