Injuries, and in a couple of instances retirements, has left Andy Farrell and his assistant coaches with more selection decisions than might normally be the case ahead of announcing the Ireland team to face the All Blacks in their opening November assignment on Thursday (1pm Irish time).
Rustiness abounds, nowhere more so than in the case of Caelan Doris. The captain hasn’t played in six months having undergone shoulder surgery for an injury suffered in Leinster’s defeat by Northampton last May.
Doris has been in full training wi
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