Coach Andy Farrell will find out on Saturday if Ireland are better equipped to cope without their number 10
True to form, there’ll be a part of Andy Farrell who will be eagerly awaiting to see whether Ireland are better equipped to cope without Sexton.
However, since Ange Capuozzo’s transformative effect and their liberation under Kieran Crowley into such an ambitious, fearless side, Italy have beaten Wales, Samoa and Australia, while also running France close in round one in Rome. “You’re talking about all those individuals and the flair etc that they’ve got, but that’s all because of the systems that Kieran’s put in there. The systems, everyone’s accountable on attack. It reminds me a little bit of how Japan play where everyone is on their feet and everyone’s got a responsibility.
As was also anticipated, Crowley has restored Paolo Garbisi at outhalf in one of three changes from the defeat against England. On the bench, Giovanni Pettinelli returns in place of the injured Jake Polledri, while Crowley has reverted to a conventional 5-3 split to accommodate Luca Morisi and Tommaso Allan.
“They’re guys that played for Ireland before and are in good form, but you can’t give everyone a game,” said Farrell, adding that there has been plenty of rotation in training, including full-back, with O’Brien, Mack Hansen , Jack Crowley and Joey Carbery all featuring there.
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