Edwin Edogbo has been named in the Ireland squad for the Six Nations after some standout performances for Munster this season. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
There should be few gripes about the 37-man Ireland squad for the Six Nations. Injuries having restricted Andy Farrell’s hand, in a sense that was the easy bit. Taking on France in Paris next Thursday fortnight is the hard part.
The two eye-catching selections are the uncapped duo of the Munster lock Edwin Edogbo and Ulster scrumhalf Nathan Doak. There’s no doubting the vast potential of the 23-year-old Edogbo, who was included in the training squad in Chicago ahead of the All Blacks soon after returning from a near two-year absence through injury, before having to withdraw.
After Edogbo’s barnstorming two-try display off the bench in Munster’s loss to Castres last Saturday, Farrell has again wasted no time in making the secondrow a fully fledged senior squad member for the first time. Given the head coach’s proven judgment, ‘nuff said.
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