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Ireland front row forwards, from right, Andrew Porter, Ronán Kelleher and Tadhg Furlong during the Autumn Nations Series match between Ireland and Japan at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile)[/caption]
"That's our front row there, going forward," said Hennessy. "No offence to guys like Dave Kilcoyne that are going well. But you saw it there at the weekend. You have Porter, who is 25, Kelleher is only 23 and then you have Furlong, who is 28. And that, for a tighthead, isn't old. That's our front row for a while."Devin Toner has vast experience in playing with all the front row protagonists, with Leinster and Ireland, over the past while. He has been blown away by Porter's firm grasp the propping nettle.
"He was tighthead for the last few seasons but is going to focus on loosehead a bit more, this season. It is hard to switch over. I think it's a bit harder to switch from loosehead to tighthead, from what I hear. "Cian was trying a bit of tighthead with Leinster this season. He found it tough, but he did phenomenally well at it because he's a bit of a freak. But he's coming back to loosehead now."It will be a risk for Farrell to start both Kelleher and Porter, at loosehead, against a battle-primed All Blacks side. The Kiwis will know how inexperienced this unit is at Test level, and will be exerting all the pressure they can. Farrell should stay the course with Andrew Porter, Ronán Kelleher and Tadhg Furlong. If this is our presumptive World Cup front row, Saturday is the perfect time to see what they are made of. WATCH THE LATEST HOUSE OF RUGBY HERE:
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