Cian Tracey
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is that I think Sam Prendergast is in pole position to start at out half.
I have a feeling that Edwin Adogbo is going to be involved.
I would say most likely off the bench.
I think the makeup of the bench is going to be quite interesting.
Whether Ireland, excuse me, go for a 6-2.
I know you said you weren't expecting Bundy to be involved, but I think if he had not been suspended, there was a good chance he might have been wearing number 23 because we know Andy Farrell likes to go for a big centre.
But with Henshaw injured,
with Aki suspended, with McCloskey and Ringrose likely to start, I wonder if Ireland will be tempted to go for a 6-2 bench and you could have guys like Adogbo, like Jack Conan, potentially a Nick Timoney or a Kian Prendergast to come off the bench because France could go with a 6-2 as well.
I think otherwise, yeah, the team pretty much picks itself.
Doris, Van der Vleer, Tyke Byrne in the back row.
I know there's been a few calls maybe to pair Edwin Adogbo and Joe McCarthy in the second row together to go with that power punch, but
I'm not quite sure, a bit like I kind of said, the balance of the French team.
I'm not quite sure that that would be the right balance.
And I think, you know, we've talked about the scrum, but the Irish line-out has also been under huge pressure.
And I think the line-out would really suffer if you didn't have a natural jumper like a James Ryan in that second row.
But I think Adogbo could be primed, Will, for a big, big impact in Paris.
I mean, you look at how well he's played for Munster, particularly in those Champions Cup games against...
Toulon and Kass, look at the impact that he made off the bench in 20 minutes by scoring the two tries.
I'm very, very excited.
It feels like it's been a long time coming for him.