Caelan Doris, Peter O’Mahony and Josh van der Flier must be deployed where they know their roles, and each other, best
There were other contributory factors: Conor Murray’s governance when coming on at scrumhalf; the energy and athleticism of Ryan Baird and Dan Sheehan; and the fact that the game broke open a little more after 56-minutes, a byproduct of tiring minds and legs.
Doris’ numbers dating back to the three Test series in New Zealand last summer show 79 tackles, 78 carries, 12 defenders beaten, one try from nine appearances, seven at number eight, and two, against Fiji and Italy, at blindside flanker. He is the form number eight in Test rugby available to the national side.
For rucks' sake: the familiarity Josh van der Flier and Peter O'Mahony breed speed. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho By way of comparison Ireland produced figures of 58.7 per cent , 65.4 per cent and 57.1 per cent for the 0-3 second rucks, much lower than next Sunday’s rival but also Farrell’s team are happy to take their opponents through multiple phases and breakdowns in maintaining possession.Scotland v Ireland: Paul O’Connell delighted with return of ‘hungry’ frontliners ahead of Murrayfield tripIn their three matches to date, the Scots have won 229 and lost nine rucks. The Irish numbers are 333 and 10.
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