• Robbie Henshaw and Peter O’Mahony return to starting lineup• I don’t think egos are bruised. We are excited, says
Ireland coachAndy Farrell’s reign as Ireland’s head coach started with a narrow victory over
Scotland in
Dublin last Saturday that owed much to their opponents squandering a number of chances, not least Stuart Hogg, but he says that his players are high on confidence before this Saturday’s visit of the champions Wales.
Farrell has made two enforced changes with Garry Ringrose and Caelan Doris ruled out by injuries they sustained against Scotland, and it says much about the strength in depth Ireland have developed that the two players he has brought into the starting line-up, Robbie Henshaw and Peter O’Mahony, are both Lions.