Ireland are missing two-thirds of a team and a good one at that:
Murray Kinsella Reports from Rome ADD GARRY RINGROSE to the list. Already on there were Johnny Sexton, Tadhg Furlong, Jamison Gibson-Park, Tadhg Beirne, Robbie Henshaw, Cian Healy, Rob Herring, Keith Earls, and Joe McCarthy.
Ireland should still have enough quality to fulfill their favouritism in Rome, with Farrell able to field a matchday 23 that has a huge amount of quality. Ireland will want to take the sting out of Italy’s tail early on. This is a young, ambitious, talented group of Italian players whose performances in defeats to France and England in the opening two rounds demonstrated their improvement as a Test force.
Even with the introductions of Rónan Kelleher, Iain Henderson, and Jack Conan to the starting XV, this Irish pack has a familiar, cohesive look to it. They’ve got the better of South Africa and France over the past four months, so clearly Paul O’Connell’s men are in a good place.
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