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Ireland players, from left, Kieran Treadwell, Craig Casey and Jonathan Sexton. (Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile)[/caption]
"Iain might start on the bench, for experience," Peat reasoned. "You do need that experience, heading to Twickenham. It can be daunting, but he won't find it so... we can't disrupt that Ryan-Beirne partnership, especially at the breakdown, as that's where I feel England are going to target us, and try slow us down.""Isn't that mad?" noted O'Shea, "Henderson is a Lion and he captained Ireland [in the 2021 Six Nations]. And we're debating whether he should be on the bench." The other selection aspects that got the panel animated was over who should start left wing, and be on the bench as scrumhalf cover for Jamison Gibson-Park. [caption id="attachment_248754" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
James Hume, left, and Mack Hansen of Ireland celebrate after Ireland beat Wales at the Aviva Stadium. (Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile)[/caption]
"He's definitely good enough, and he'd do the job, but I just don't... I mean, you're going to drop Murray? You've got to have Conor Murray in your squad. He'll come on, close out the game."In the end, O'Shea was the only one of the four that would go Murray on the replacements bench. "What did Conor Murray do to any of ye?!" O'Shea remarked. With Andrew Porter out - a hammer blow, according to Moloney - the consensus was starting Cian Healy at loosehead in an all-Leinster front row, with Dave Kilcoyne in reserve. Most agreed that Andrew Conway - seen as the safer bet - would come back at No.14, leaving James Lowe and Mack Hansen to tussle for a left wing spot. "I'd go Lowe," argued Peat, "because we're going to go into a more physical game. We'll need a kicker - Lowe has that left boot, tick! He is more physical [than Hansen] as we've seen in that All Blacks performance, when he really stepped up. I think he can bring speed, pace and he has locked out some of that defensive inexperience from his early [Test] days."
15. Hugo Keenan 14. Andrew Conway 13. Robbie Henshaw 12. Bundee Aki 11. James Lowe 10. Johnny Sexton (captain) 9. Jamison Gibson-Park 1. Cian Healy 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Tadhg Beirne 5. James Ryan 6. Caelan Doris 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack ConanREPLACEMENTS: Rob Herring, Dave Kilcoyne, Finlay Bealham, Iain Henderson, Peter O'Mahony, Craig Casey, Joey Carbery, Mack Hansen.
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