Ireland: Teams up for Final South African Test

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John_s_version_1The teams for Saturdays Final Test against South Africa in Port Elizabeth were announced earlier today. 

Unfortunately Jared Payne has joined Robbie Henshaw on the injury list so there are two changes to the team that won the first test with Tiernan O’Halloran coming in for Payne and Stuart Olding replacing Henshaw. The only other change to the squad is Matt Healy usurping Craig Gilroy as back three replacement,  which makes sense as O’Halloran will be more familiar with Healy’s plays. 

When I first heard about Payne’s absence my initial thoughts were somewhat despairing but having gone through the lists below and on remembering the old mantra, “forwards win matches, backs decide by how much”, I sort of picked up again, buoyed by the fact that it’s the same set of forwards that outplayed their opponents so comprehensively two weeks ago – and this time there should be eight of them! 

Yes I can imagine Ireland winning this one and . . .

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