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20th August 2019
03:43pm BST

Will Addison, left, and Jacob Stockdale during Ireland Rugby squad training at The Campus in Quinta do Lago, Faro, Portugal. (Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile)[/caption]
"Johnny Sexton will start," offered Murphy, "and I thought Andrew Conway was excellent against Italy. I'd love to see him get more time. He's an option at 15 as well so I'd like to see him get a shot there."
Trimble would love to see Will Addison, who has been somewhat under the radar, get a chance at Twickenham. "If he gets a go, he could completely change the whole conversation," stated Trimble.
Flannery believes this weekend will be the game to go with the strongest available line-up, just so Schmidt can get game minutes into his big guns. He commented:
"They're gonna want to get Rob Kearney on the field and make sure he is up to speed as their number one. They probably want to make sure that they start to confirm, like, Jordan (Larmour) is going to be our second choice number two, or second choice 15, or get some game-time into Conway or Addison. Because they're probably going to have to bring an extra [outhalf]... Jack Carty is probably going to have to go now because of Joey Carbery's injury, and Jack Carty is a very good player as well. But they'll have to go out there with three specialist 10s. "So trying to figure out who is going to play 15. I think it should be, listen they are playing against what should be a very strong English side again. I think they should go with as much first choice [players] as they can and just get them on the field. Because they're the guys you want to be doing well, when it's the World Cup, really, if it's going to go well for us. So get game-time into them now."Schmidt will name his Ireland team around 11am at The Campus, in Portugal, on Thursday [midday, Irish time]. Expect to see the likes of Sexton, Kearney, James Ryan, Rory Best, Peter O'Mahony, Jacob Stockdale and CJ Stander involved.
1. Cian Healy 2. Rory Best (captain) 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. James Ryan 5. Iain Henderson 6. Peter O'Mahony 7. Josh van der Flier 8. CJ Stander 9. Conor Murray 10. Johnny Sexton 11. Jacob Stockdale 12. Bundee Aki 13. Robbie Henshaw 14. Keith Earls 15. Rob KearneyA reminder that an Ireland win could them leapfrog both New Zealand and Wales to become world number one. Extra motivation, as if it was needed. WATCH THAT FULL HOUSE OF RUGBY EPISODE HERE: https://youtu.be/Enshwq0PfRk
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