Yes Ferris and Heaslip would have a field day with that back row. Sadly it's the NZ midfield who'll be rubbing their hands with glee when they read our team sheet. The most uninspiring Ireland line-up I've seen in a long time. Paddy Wallace? He makes Quade Cooper look like Johnny Wilkinson on defence.
Ireland: R Kearney; F McFadden, F O'Driscoll (capt), P Wallace, K Earls; J Sexton, C Murray; C Healy, R Best, M Ross, D Tuohy, D Ryan, K McLaughlin, S O'Brien.
Replacements: S Cronin, D Fitzpatrick, D O'Callaghan, C Henry, E Reddan, R O'Gara, A Trimble.
Also the F O'Driscoll is all on the BBC not me.
It's a very light weight Ireland team and I'm worried that the ABs won't have to work too hard for their points on Saturday as they are a few players they'll target for the big runners to go through and over.
I wonder if it's possible to put a bet on Paddy Wallace wearing a bandage to cover a cut to his head by the end of the game?
Why look to the past when there are so many good young Irish centres who weren't even picked for the tour and some of those have been keeping Wallace out of the Ulster team.