Simon Easterby: Ireland will stick with what they have for Georgia test

Assistant coach Simon Easterby says there will be some experience and some inexperience in the side that is picked to face the Eastern Europeans this Sunday
Simon Easterby: Ireland will stick with what they have for Georgia test

Ireland forwards coach Simon Easterby: 'We just felt like the guys who we selected in the original wider squad were guys that we were looking to play in this Georgia game'. Picture: Donall Farmer

Andy Farrell has handed out debuts to eight players in 2020 but the Ireland management team has all but pulled up the drawbridge on further recruits for now as he goes about giving game time and opportunities to those already in camp.

The head coach named a 34-man panel for this four-game Autumn Nations Cup tournament which has so far delivered a win against Wales and a defeat to England, but only 20 have started as the group faces into Sunday's encounter with Georgia in Dublin.

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