Any of the pre-tournament notes Farrell was carrying around on scraps of paper or on the back of an empty packet of fags are in a bin now writes One F in Foley
Those who passed Christmas-New Year to the opening of the 2025 Six Nations suggesting Ireland would have as many as a dozen starting on the Lions First Test team this summer will be a long way wide of the mark.
The 'Dozen' to face Australia in Brisbane was to feature Keenan, Ringrose/Henshaw, Aki, Prendergast, Gibson-Park, Porter, Sheehan, Furlong, Ryan/McCarthy, Beirne, van der Flier and Doris. Granted, Jamison Gibson-Park, Andrew Porter and Dan Sheehan are, in golfing terms, 'gimmies' if fit...but Tadhg Furlong's injury problems have come to a critical juncture. He needs to start playing,
James Ryan has failed to make a compelling case and the feeling is he has dropped to third in the Ireland second-row rankings. Moreover every game seems to add to the claims of others: Jac Morgan has been really, really sensational for Wales, Tom Curry has been super for England, some think Ben Earl could be switched to open-side, there is also Rory Darge for Scotland, to name just four.
Ireland Rugby Union Team British And Irish Lions Hugo Keenan Robbie Henshaw Jamison Gibson-Park Andrew Porter Dan Sheehan Maro Itoje Tadhg Beirne Caelan Doris Owen Farrell Andy Farrell Australia Rugby Union Team Brisbane Joe Schmidt
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