Dan Sheehan likely to be back on the bench as Ireland go all out to secure Pool B top spot ahead of the quarter-finals
Robbie Henshaw says that Ireland must have the "balls" to see off South Africa in their crunch World Cup clash in Paris.
"They are going to come hard off the line and they’ll leave two or three players out on the edge, and close you off on the inside. READ MORE: Ireland relishing South Africa clash as Andy Farrell looks ahead to massive Rugby World Cup fixture Finlay Bealham's situation will be better known today. Bealham made a swift exit for a HIA after coming on as a replacement for Tadhg Furlong in Saturday night's 59-16 victory over Tonga.In-form Bundee Aki suffered a heavy blow near the end but was able to continue.
"The line speed that they bring in terms of their defence is very different to what South Africa will bring. But listen, South Africa are a world-class side and have an amazing team, a lot of them will be rested as well so they will have had a sort of two week build-up towards our game. "Having Manie Libbok at 10, Damian Willemse at 15 and Willie Le Roux, they’re definitely putting the ball through the hands more and causing big problems for a lot of teams. So we’re well aware of it but still we've got to try and stop it."
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