Eddie O'Sullivan
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Because the way we play the game, so much of what Ireland do comes through the 10 because it was Johnny Sexton and we are trying to replace him.
So if you weigh it up, I think the third thing is if it comes down to who's going to kick the crucial penalty with five minutes to go.
On the penalty front, Harry Burns got the edge on the other two boys.
His kicking was more reliable and I think it was interesting he stepped up against Laura Shell to make that kick.
He wanted it.
He knew he had to make it.
He puts his name on the ticket by doing that.
It was a big discussion.
I think the attack side, the defense side of things, I put Crowley and Burner solid.
I think the vulnerability is around Prendergast.
He's going to be targeted.
It's not that he doesn't throw his body on the line, but it's just physically he gets overrun.
And then an attack, the most creative of the three is Prendergast.
So, like, they all tick one box.
None of them tick all three.
And then you say, well, who ticks the best two boxes?
Probably at the moment, I suppose, if he's going to back someone into the future, he would go out Prendergast again.
He would go, like, I've got to give... Because if you take Prendergast out of it now, it sets them back big time.
And we were talking this time last year, and the way the Six Nations played out, that he had hung his hat on Prendergast.
There's no question, I doubt about that.