Five posers for Joe Schmidt ahead of his Irish team selection

With a first win against the All Blacks in 111 years, a slew of heroic individual performances and all bar one of the 23 given last weekend off, it won’t be easy for Joe Schmidt to tamper with the recipe that cooked up victory in Chicago.

Yet, some change is expected.

Elements of Ireland’s team sheet remain untouchable but there are questions over the identity of personnel in the second and back rows, maybe one over the back line and on the bench where individual impact and combinations will again dictate.