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28th June 2018
10:30am BST

"Johnny Sexton. Come on, Johnny Sexton. Just for that kick he got at the end, when he had just been poleaxed, and for his 2018."Monye did not need much convincing and also agreed to Tadhg Furlong going in at tight-head despite the Australian scrum "dominating" at the scrum in Sydney. Wallabies flanker David Pocock pipped teammate Michael Hooper to the openside slot and there was room for Ireland captain Peter O'Mahony. Jones commented:
"Peter O'Mahony, he seems to be having a bit of an Indian summer to his career after a quite few years before the Lions [2017]."
The final Irish selection just about got in there ahead of All Blacks lock Scott Barrett.
"It's quite hard to look past James Ryan," said Monye. "He has been very, very good."
We can't argue with many of those selections - as in wedging in Irish players - but surely Conor Murray should have been in there at scrum-half. Faf de Klerk did well against England but Murray was a class act Down Under.
Israel Folau (Australia) Jonny May (England) Semi Radradra (France) Kurtley Beale (Australia) Rieko Ioane (New Zealand) Johnny Sexton (Ireland) Faf de Klerk (South Africa) Steven Kitshoff (South Africa) Codie Taylor (New Zealand) Tadhg Furlong (Ireland) Sam Whitelock (New Zealand) James Ryan (Ireland) Peter O'Mahony (Ireland) David Pocock (Australia) Duane Vermeulen (South Africa)That's a pretty decent team.
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