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DUBLIN : Ireland named the vast majority of the team that sealed the Six Nations Grand Slam against England in March for a World Cup warm-up rematch on Saturday as both sides finalise plans for the tournament in France.
Connacht's Cian Prendergast has been named to start at No.8 against England as many of the Grand Slam winning side return for Saturday's clash at the Aviva Stadium.
There's little dispute where Caelan Doris' best position is but that doesn't mean the Ireland back row automatically gets the number 8 shirt.
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell says there's no guarantee that all 41 available members of his squad will feature across the Rugby World Cup warm-up games.
DUBLIN : Ireland coach Andy Farrell handed a number of fringe players the chance to stake a claim for a World Cup place in Saturday's warm-up against Italy while also including some Grand Slam winners to try to extend a 10-game winning streak.
Jack Crowley will get a first opportunity of the summer to stake his claim at out-half for Ireland, with the Munster man starting at 10 in Saturday's opening Rugby World Cup warm-up against Italy at the Aviva Stadium.
As one of the young pups in the Ireland squad, Cian Prendergast doesn't have to go far to find inspiration.
To put the four-year gap between these World Rugby Under-20 Championships into context, you only have to look through some of the names in the Irish squad from their last tournament in 2019.