Best, Wallace and Trimble are included in the Ireland side for Saturday night’s World Cup warm up match against France.
Trimble features in an unchanged back three alongside Kearney and Fitzgerald. Wallace keeps his spot at inside centre, this time partnering Earls in a combination that should be difficult to read for both sets of players!
Best joins a much beefed up pack and the Ulster man will need to find his arrows early and maintain his control of the scrums if he is going to see off the clamour for the return of Jerry Flannery who benches for the second game in a row. I’m expecting a difficult enough night for the Ulster hooker with France having a definite advantage in the front five. It could be one of those game where Rory does all the hard work keeping the scrum secure and the Flan comes on for a 15 minute burst to steal the glory!
With a big French pack, it’s going to be a tough enough challenge for Ireland, but they should be boosted with the return of Ryan and O’Brien to the backrow which should help around the park. However, with Dusatour, Harinordoquy . . .
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