Andy Farrell is set to stick with several of his frontliners when his Ireland team is announced, and ask them to dig deep for the third weekend in a row.
"We're clear in our heads as a [coaching] group,""We're so lucky we’ve got such a good group of players – that’s something that Andy [Farrell, head coach] has developed. When he first came in, he was adamant we needed to develop a big squad, be competitive across the pitch.
"It's not easy to pick a side, we’ve got options. But that sharpens us as a coaching group and the players are going to be ready."On the Springboks going with a 7:1 bench split [forwards to backs], John Fogarty said,"As a group of forwards, we’re incredibly fit and powerful, we've prepared for the weekend. It’s going to be a battle, one we feel the players will be ready for.
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