Stuart McCloskey, Keith Earls and Jimmy O’Brien set to challenge for the number 23 shirt
Robbie Henshaw looks likely to miss Ireland's final Pool B game against Scotland in Paris on Saturday night with Keith Earls one of those in line to make the bench instead. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
Were Scotland to win by more than seven points, or if both teams registered a bonus point and Scotland won by a margin between five and 20 points, they would go through to the quarter-finals at Ireland’s expense and O’Connell agreed that this is effectively a knock-out game. Ireland's James Ryan competes at the lineout with South Africa's Eben Etzebeth and Franco Mostert. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
“Staying focused on this game and absolutely nothing else is a skillset they’ve gotten really good at. Ireland lost five of their first eight lineouts against South Africa but thereafter problem solved so effectively that they won 12 of their ensuing 14, and once again O’Connell exuded a certain calmness about Ireland’s difficulties in this set-piece since the warm-up games.
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