Andy Farrell is expected to bring Peter O’Mahony back into the Ireland team to face England on Saturday. His return at blindside would see Tadhg Beirne switch to second-row to replace James Ryan who misses out with a head injury as Ryan Baird remains on the bench. Iain Henderson will partner Beirne, with O’Mahony joining Will Connors and CJ Stander in the back-row. "Tadhg Beirne might shift into the second-row and O'Mahony might slip on to the side of the scrum. "O'Mahony is pretty similar to Tadhg Beirne – a pretty high work rate, a great defensive players, very good in the line-out, a line-out contesting player, intelligent, leadership.

Source: Irish Independent March 18, 2021 02:32 UTC