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Robbie Henshaw, Garry Ringrose and Tadhg Furlong sit for an Ireland team photograph. (Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile)[/caption]
"I'd go for Baird as he is that bit more dynamic than Henderson, definitely at the moment. Unless Andy Farrell is really looking to focus on the set pieces, cross t's and dot i's, it could be Henderson, but I think Baird offers you more around the pitch."Peat agreed with O'Shea and would love to see a tank-emptying 55-60 minutes from Baird, leaving Henderson to come on as one of the experienced match closers. Peat expects Ireland to revert to the O'Mahony-van der Flier-Doris back row so a lineout caller like Henderson may be better for Ireland as a replacement. Dan Sheehan and Johnny Sexton are expected, by the panel, to come back into the starting XV but that leaves scrumhalf up for debate. Craig Casey started against Italy but may now struggle to make the match-day 23 for Edinburgh.
"If Jamison Gibson-Park is ready to go," said O'Shea, "I'd give him a start. He was the number one choice, coming into the championship." Peat agreed with that No.9 call but Caplice feels Conor Murray will start. All three reckoned Casey may miss out.At centre, everyone had Garry Ringrose starting while Peat and Caplice argued for Bundee Aki starting over Stuart McCloskey with O'Shea suggesting Robbie Henshaw could return on the bench.
15. Hugo Keenan 14. Mack Hansen 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Stuart McCloskey 11. James Lowe 10. Johnny Sexton 9. Jamison Gibson-Park 1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Ryan Baird 5. James Ryan 6. Peter O'Mahony 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris Replacements: Rónan Kelleher, Cian Healy, Tom O'Toole, Iain Henderson, Jack Conan, Conor Murray, Ross Byrne, Robbie Henshaw.WATCH HOUSE OF RUGBY HERE: Related Articles.
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