'Hungry' Peter O'Mahony feels no extra pressure to perform against Wales after stint on the bench

Peter O'Mahony at Ireland training. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

It's not just the new faces in Andy Farrell's Ireland squad that speak for the shifting internal dynamics. The sight of Peter O'Mahony coming off the bench deep into the second half of the recent games against Italy and France tells that same story but from another angle.

A vice-captain now, O'Mahony has pretty much always been a starter.