Andy Farrell will name his Ireland team to face Samoa, on Saturday in Bayonne, and is expected to make a raft of changes from the XV that did for England.
For this game against Samoa, we may see Rob Herring and Tom O'Toole start in the front row, backed up by either Tom Stewart or Diarmuid Barron.Ryan Baird and Iain Henderson are set for another run in the second row, meaning we could see Caelan Doris start at openside again with Cian Prendergast No.8. Conor Murray and Jack Crowley makes sense as the 9/10 starters.
In the backline, Stuart McCloskey, Jimmy O'Brien and Jacob Stockdale will all be hoping for more starts, as they look to press home their usefulness to Andy Farrell before the Ireland squad is named next Monday .
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