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Published 12:20 27 Aug 2019 BST
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Former Ulster and Ireland winger Andrew Trimble would love to see Munster centre Chris Farrell restored to the Irish midfield. He
"I'd like to see him get back in the mix. I know you get that from Bundee Aki, and from Garry Ringrose as well, but I liked Farrell at 12. "I know it was only Italy and the first friendly but I just think you get a level of... a nice little balance in the midfield. Even if he catches it high, he gets low, he gets dynamic and he punches really hard. I think you just need to start getting gainlines from your midfield and I think he would add something big there.""I think there are a lot of lads there that probably need to play again to get that out of their system," said Flannery, "but they may not get the opportunity because, like you said, Joe is going to have a look at the game."
1. Dave Kilcoyne (Munster) 2. Niall Scannell (Munster) 3. John Ryan (Munster) 4. Devin Toner (Leinster) 5. James Ryan (Leinster) 6. Tadhg Beirne (Munster) 7. Josh van der Flier (Leinster) 8. Jack Conan (Leinster) 9. Kieran Marmion (Connacht) 10. Jack Carty (Connacht) 11. Jacob Stockdale (Ulster) 12. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster) 13. Chris Farrell (Munster) 14. Andrew Conway (Munster) 15. Will Addison (Ulster)Schmidt will name his Ireland starting XV and bench on Thursday afternoon at Carton House. WATCH THAT FULL HOUSE OF RUGBY EPISODE HERE:

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