Nov 22,2024
Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman to look ahead at Ireland's Autumn Nations Series meeting with Fiji on Saturday.
We look at some of the big changes made by head coach Andy Farrell, who has brought Sam Prendergast in for his first start at out-half (6:26).
The podcast also discusses the opportunities given to Cormac Izuchukwu (15:00) and Gus McCarthy (21:00), both of whom will make their debuts in the starting side.
Bernard looks at how Ireland are struggling to get to grips with the new law interpretations around kick-escorts (24:55), which is creating more one-on-one contests in the air, and we discuss how Jacob Stockdale and Jamie Osborne could factor into that for Ireland.
And we speak about a big opportunity off the bench for Tom O'Toole (31:55), who has been moved over to loosehead prop as Ireland look to establish more depth in the position.
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