Mike Catt says a decision on the fitness of a number of players will be made later in the week ahead of Sunday’s clash with Italy
Ireland are yet to make a decision on the fitness of Garry Ringrose ahead of Sunday's Six Nations clash with Italy. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho, Oli Jager has been formally added to the squad, and it would be no surprise to see some of the replacements used in that game being promoted to the starting XV, not least as Catt likened this Six Nations campaign to the recent World Cup.
“It’s a little bit like at the World Cup, you need a squad of players to produce in the Six Nations, and I think we have done that really well. Catt could afford to reflect on a good night’s work by the Irish team in scoring five tries away to France for the first time in history.
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