Back row battle a boost for Ireland - Van der Flier
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.
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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.
Andy Farrell has named a 42-man training squad for the Rugby World Cup, with four uncapped players in the squad.
Calvin Nash is among four uncapped players named in Andy Farrell's World Cup training squad.