Cian Tracey
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I think Jack Boyle is pretty nailed on.
Obviously, Andrew Porter and Paddy McCarthy are ruled out through injury.
Jack Boyle himself only came back from injury for Leinster against Bayonne last weekend, but he was excellent, really good.
And I think he...
He has a point to prove as well, Joe.
He didn't play in November due to Paddy McCarthy's emergence, yet he was a real key figure in Ireland's Six Nations campaign.
So I think he's coming in with a bit of a pep and a step in it.
It just shows how quickly the picture can change.
You don't get a single minute in November and all of a sudden you're being asked to hold up the scrum.
And who's behind him if he limps off after 10 minutes?
Well, that is a very interesting one because Jeremy Lachman has earned a recall from the cold.
He won his last cap during the 24 Six Nations against Italy, which Ireland won.
He's come in from the cold.
Michael Milne, who made the move from Leinster to Munster, earned his first cap on the summer tour last year and was ahead of Jeremy Lachman.
But Milne hasn't been able to get ahead of Jeremy Lachman as first choice for Munster.
And Lachman was very good, like I mentioned earlier, against Toulon a couple of weeks ago.
And I would imagine that that pretty much secured his place in the squad.
So it's whether Andy Farrell sticks to, no, we think Milne is one for the future.
Are they back?
Lachman, who has been delivering as first choice for Munster, but you really are going down deep into the depth chart there.