WATCH: Breakdown specialist Henry accepts pressure is on for back-row places

“It would be great to put in a big performance and take it from there.”

Chris Henry has backed his main Ireland rival Sean O’Brien to mix it with the very best openside flankers at the World Cup.

Australia boast two natural number sevens, David Pocock and Michael Hooper working in devastating tandem so far, while England captain Chris Robshaw has long been lambasted as lacking a scavenger’s instinct.