“It’s not something that comes into my head too often,” said Sexton, who is nine points behind O’Gara’s tally of 1,083. Farrell admits “you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t” in regard to possibly making wholesale changes. “A bit of continuity from last week, it’s a different game, a different challenge,” the Englishman said of the Pool B encounter. “That side that played last week hadn’t played together before, we get to roll on to this one and you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t (make changes). “Everyone keeps talking about four years ago but we’re a different team, different circumstances, it’s a different competition,” said Farrell, who was assistant to Joe Schmidt then.

Source: The Herald September 14, 2023 22:32 UTC