Rory Best, Chris Henry, Luke Marshall and Andrew Trimble will start for Ireland in Sunday’s Six Nation’s match against Scotland at the Aviva Stadium. Paddy Jackson and Dan Tuohy will start from the bench.
I’d read with some scepticism earlier this morning about an increased Ulster representations in the Ireland side and prepared myself for one starter and three on the bench but my pleasure in an increased, and fully justified, representation soon changed to annoyance as the first three questions tabled at the team announcement questioned the inclusion of Henry, Marshall and Trimble as the combined Irish press corps still struggle to come to terms with any sports north of the Boyne!
Schmidt quickly glossed over the error of his ways by attributing all the selections to injuries . . .
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