While Andy Farrell is expected to make changes for next Saturday's Aviva Stadium clash with Fiji, he is keen to stress the need to keep a balance with experienced players needed to play alongside young guns
Andy Farrell insists team selection against Fiji on Saturday is not as simple as giving youth a fling.
Farrell must decide whether to start with Prendergast and involve Ciarán Frawley after he was left out completely last Friday. "Ryan Baird obviously injured," said Farrell. "I thought Jamie Osborne was immense when he came on. He has really stepped up, certainly this season for Leinster in the games we've seen. All in all, I thought the bench did a really good job."
"If you're trying to work out how lads are going to cope at international level, you need to put good people around them to be able to judge them in the right manner, so there's a balance there."
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