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8th January 2022
01:02pm GMT

Jack Carty pictured in action for Ireland during the 2019 Six Nations. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)[/caption]
"I think the interesting thing for 2022 is, who puts their hand up and who gets backed at 10?" Darren Cave began. "Johnny Sexton is going to be Ireland's best fly-half at the [2023] World Cup, in my opinion. I would like to see him not play a lot of games for Ireland in 2022. For me, that is the glaring chink in the armour. "For whatever reason, you can see that Andy Farrell prefers Harry Byrne, while Leo Cullen prefers Ross Byrne. Billy Burns seems to have slipped away from that conversation."When it was suggested by Hennessy that Carty could be the perfect man to deputise for Sexton, and start some more Tests in 2022, Cave was all for it. The former Ulster and Ireland centre could not see Munster's Ben Healy jumping the queue. "The World Cup is coming," he added. "We're on the countdown now.
"And if we get to the quarter final and Johnny Sexton is not playing, we're in trouble. We don't know the answer to that question. "I would always be pro-Carbery, but he has got to the stage where he hasn't played his best rugby in two and a half years... I think the door is ajar for Jack Carty, and that's the one to watch.""For consistency and level-headedness," said O'Shea, "I think Carty should be in there backing up Sexton for the World Cup. Stop messing around with the other guys. Jack Carty is going to do the job for you." During the show, Hennessy said Ireland's back row must be built around Caelan Doris and Jack Conan, for the Six Nations and beyond. "One at six, the other at eight, and go from there," he said. "I'd start that way too," Cave agreed. "Six, eight and then figure out who should be seven." WATCH HOUSE OF RUGBY URC HERE:
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