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Published 19:10 16 Feb 2019 GMT
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Fitzgerald's XV contained two surprise calls and a midfield of Will Addison and Munster's Chris Farrell.
The former Leinster and Ireland winger included Racing 92's Simon Zebo at fullback and Ian Madigan, who has not played for Ireland since June 2016, in the No.10 jersey. Fitzgerald said:
"Ian Madigan. I brought him in from the cold. I just think he is playing good rugby over at Bristol at the moment and I think he is still probably our second best ten even though I thought Joey Carbery went well last week."Schmidt is currently playing Sean O'Brien in his side despite the Leinster back-row confirmed for a December 2019 move to London Irish. Still, for Schmidt to call back Zebo and Madigan seems highly unlikely. https://twitter.com/TommyBowe14/status/1096825077855932419 While we are all here, this was the Ireland team Barry Murphy and Andrew Trimble agreed on (with the help of David O'Doherty) on the latest episode of Baz & Andrew's House of Rugby.
1. Cian Healy 2. Sean Cronin 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. James Ryan 5. Quinn Roux 6. Peter O'Mahony (captain) 7. Sean O'Brien 8. Jack Conan 9. Conor Murray 10. Johnny Sexton 11. Jordan Larmour 12. Chris Farrell 13. Will Addison 14. Andrew Conway 15. Rob KearneySince that was recorded, Iain Henderson made a successful comeback from a hand injury to do well for Ulster in an 8-0 win over Ospreys. The big Ulster lock would presumably start in Murphy and Trimble's revised XV.
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