Leavy, Ringrose and Kearney were all on the starting XV at Twickenham for Ireland’s Grand Slam coronation, with Toner on the bench. The bench must have been more of a conundrum than might normally be the case for Schmidt and his assistant coaches. Van der Flier looks favourite to be named on the bench ahead of Murphy, Rhys Ruddock and Jack Conan. Probable Ireland team: Rob Kearney; Keith Earls, Garry Ringrose, Bundee Aki, Jacob Stockdale; Johnny Sexton, Kieran Marmion; Cian Healy, Rory Best (capt), Tadhg Furlong, James Ryan, Devin Toner, Peter O’Mahony, Dan Leavy, CJ Stander. Replacements: Sean Cronin, Jack McGrath, Andrew Porter, Iain Henderson, Josh van der Flier, Luke McGrath, Joey Carbery, Jordan Larmour.

Source: The Irish Times November 14, 2018 20:48 UTC