Andy Farrell is set to make changes for the England game but there is growing optimism about Caelan Doris and Dan Sheehan:
IRELAND BOSS ANDY Farrell is set to bring Robbie Henshaw, Ryan Baird, and Jamison Gibson-Park into his starting XV for Saturday’s Grand Slam showdown with England at the Aviva Stadium.
Both players were forced off in the first half of the Scotland game, Doris with a hip complaint and Sheehan with a shoulder issue, but reports on that duo in recent days have been relatively positive. They were pictured training with Ireland at today’s session and Farrell would dearly love to have those two key men fit to start against the English.
The Aki-Henshaw partnership is a proven one and the latter will be excited to get an opportunity to start for the first time in this year’s championship, having missed the earlier rounds as he recovered from a wrist injury. Ireland boss Farrell could also make a change that isn’t forced by injury, with scrum-half Gibson-Park having pressed his claims with an impactful appearance as a replacement last time out. He looks likely to get his first start of this Six Nations against England.
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