The need to give Johnny Sexton and Rónan Kelleher game time forces Andy Farrell’s hand for Bordeaux game
It therefore seems likely that either Kelleher or Rob Herring will start in the frontrow in between Andrew Porter and Tadhg Furlong, with Tadhg Beirne and James Ryan packing down in the secondrow, as they did against England.
With Jamison Gibson-Park also due to return and partner Sexton, as against England, there’s a distinct possibility that Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose will be reunited in midfield, and also that James Lowe, Hugo Keenan and Mack Hansen will be in harness again in the back three.
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