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31st January 2022
02:18pm GMT

"I'd go Robbie Henshaw and Garry Ringrose. I don't think you can go wrong [with any combination] though. It's not often they are all fit, in the same squad. It's some headache for the management but I don't think they can go wrong. "Bundee is an unbelievable player, and he was so good in November. He doesn't stop talking [when you play with him], and it just lifts you. He's brilliant."The final tight selection calls regard the second row and who will take the No.11 jersey that James Lowe wore with distinction in the last clump of games. [caption id="attachment_247836" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Joey Carbery, Andrew Porter and Iain Henderson pictured during the 2019 World Cup. (Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile)[/caption]
"The form Tadhg Beirne is in," notes Jason Hennessy, "how could you not play him? "He has to start. It would just baffle the mind if he was not starting against Wales, with the form he is in and what he offers around the breakdown, alone. He's a monster.""I think he will start in the second row," says McGrath. "With the form he is in, you just have to start him. You could put him 6, but it could all come down to game-plan." The 19-times capped Ireland scrumhalf says Andrew Conway and Hugo Keenan should retain the 14 and 15 jerseys. "Then," he adds, "you have lads like Robert Baloucoune, who is in good form for Ulster and played against Argentina, and Mack Hansen, who has been brilliant for Connacht all season." Add Keith Earls and Jordan Larmour to the mix and, as McGrath says, Andy Farrell almost can't go wrong. To Greg O'Shea, Earls should get the 11 jersey for the Wales game.
15. Hugo Keenan 14. Andrew Conway 13. Robbie Henshaw 12. Bundee Aki 11. Keith Earls 10. Johnny Sexton 9. Jamison Gibson-Park 1. Andrew Porter 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. James Ryan 5. Tadhg Beirne 6. Caelan Doris 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan
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