No. | Name | |
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15Rob Kearney, - | ||
14Andrew Conway, - | ||
13Garry Ringrose, - | ||
12Bundee Aki, - | ||
11Keith Earls, - | ||
10Johnny Sexton, - 3 | ||
9Luke McGrath, - | ||
1Dave Kilcoyne, - | ||
2Niall Scannell, - | ||
3John Ryan, - | ||
4Tadhg Beirne, - | ||
5Jean Kleyn, - | ||
6Rhys Ruddock, - | ||
7Peter O'Mahony, - | ||
8Jordi Murphy, - | ||
Replacements | ||
16Sean Cronin, - | ||
17Andrew Porter, - | ||
18Tadhg Furlong, - | ||
19Iain Henderson, - | ||
20CJ Stander, - | ||
21Conor Murray, - | ||
22Jack Carty, - 2 | ||
23Jordan Larmour, - |
*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold
Match Commentary
Why weirdly crucial? Well, there's little doubt Ireland will win this match, and by a handsome margin, but after Saturday's stunning defeat by Japan, there is a microscope on this performance that might otherwise not have been there. It's not just by how many, it's the "how" that will matter to many onlookers -- can Ireland LOOK like potential world champions in this match, in the same way New Zealand emphatically took care of business yesterday against Canada?