Cian Tracey

And it goes back to...

A couple of years ago, like you think back to when Jamie Osborne was picked to play at fullback down in South Africa and no one saw that coming.

So I think Farrell has had the long game in mind here and it's certainly paying off and you would hope that it will pay off more importantly next year as well.

I think we know what to expect from Scotland, and Mads has just outlined it there in terms of their attack.

That's nothing new.

Their attack has been excellent for the last couple of years, and if anything, it's gotten better because I think Finn Russell is playing the rugby of his career.

I think the two centres have been outstanding, but

For me, the biggest thing I took from the French game, in a way, was how much their pack stood up to France and did a number on them.

Because over however many years, especially against Ireland, that has been their Achilles heel.

Now, you touched on it earlier, Joe.

They're missing both of their first-choice locks.

Now, I think that is...

That's massive for them because Max Williamson and Grant Gilchrist are going to come in to replace Gregor Brown and Scott Cummings.

But that also has a knock-on effect for their bench and what they're able to bring on in the second half.

Now, you could say that that's slightly offset by James Ryan's loss.

And again, I agree with Ian.

I think he is a massive loss because I think all things being equal, I think James Ryan would have started the game this weekend and you would have seen Tygburn at number six.

So Ireland were planning, as far as I'm aware, to pick three locks to target Scotland's line-out.

Ireland have the joint best line-out in the Six Nations League

this year, which is kind of gone unnoticed.